Althouse: All that texting.

October 8, 2009

All that texting.

I sneezed downstairs. Got the text: "Gesundheit."

18 comments:

MadisonMan said...: Sounds like someone has an unlimited texting plan.; 10/8/09, 7:52 AM
Chase said...: Happens that way in our home all the time. Texting is ultra convenient. Most common texts to others in the house:

"Dinner will be ready in 10 minutes".

"Can you turn that down"?

"Anyone up for a movie"?

~ and just between me and the missus:

"Ur hot".

"Want to meet upstairs to . . . "?; 10/8/09, 8:00 AM
Meade said...: Funny to me was hearing the out loud laugh after she read the text. And then getting the reply:
"lol"; 10/8/09, 8:05 AM
Bissage said...: Like the inestimable Meade, I too prefer to say “Gesundheit” rather than “God Bless You.”

I don’t expect that it will ever become the custom to say “Sebelius.”; 10/8/09, 8:23 AM
bearbee said...: Gesundheit

Funny.

I'd text it if I could spell it.; 10/8/09, 8:30 AM
save_the_rustbelt said...: The honeymoon phase is still ongoing.

Hope is lasts forever.; 10/8/09, 8:33 AM
bearing said...: Gesundheit. :-) Someone's from Cincinnati.

When I was in graduate school (in Minnesota), I had a bunch of other grad students, several of them foreign, over at my apartment for spaghetti. Someone sneezed, I automatically said "Gesundheit," and was rewarded by one of the funniest double-takes I ever saw from the German grad student...; 10/8/09, 8:44 AM
David said...: Awww, how cute.

In our house, when I sneeze, the dog barks and my wife laughs.

Better than the other way around.; 10/8/09, 8:46 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Higher females prefer better texters.; 10/8/09, 8:58 AM
kjbe said...: bearing - my daughter tells a similar story. While spending her junior year in Frieburg (from the UofM), through a conversation with housemates, they were amazed that 'Gesundheit' was the reply she had grown up with. Milwaukee-German, this one.; 10/8/09, 9:23 AM
Tibore said...: "bearbee said...
Gesundheit

Funny.

I'd text it if I could spell it."

Seconded. My texts would've read

"Gesun..."

"Gesund..."

"Gesun... aw, screw it. GodBlessU."

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Word Verification: raticti. Ratatouille, but made with ziti. :D; 10/8/09, 9:50 AM
Triangle Man said...: Gesundheit. :-) Someone's from Cincinnati.

Because there are no Germans in Wisconsin?; 10/8/09, 9:52 AM
Tibore said...: Thought it was primarily Norwegian decendants myself.; 10/8/09, 10:17 AM
Tibore said...: Whoops. Correction: I'm thinking Minnesota. Not Wisconsin. Error on my part.

Yaaah... Minnesoooooooohtah. Theh state where you taaaake youuur boooht ouht to the laaaaaaake to go fishin in.

(*ducks thrown fruit*); 10/8/09, 10:20 AM
Triangle Man said...: Correction: I'm thinking Minnesota. Not Wisconsin.

Minnesota has it's fair share of Norwegians, but German ancestry is still most prevalent. This map shows it nicely.; 10/8/09, 10:35 AM
Anonymous said...: 1. In Germany, the health minister is called the Gesundheitminister: http://class-factotum.blogspot.com/2009/09/germany-5-gesundheitminister-minister.html

2. I call my husband from the basement because I am too lazy to climb two flights of stairs. Isn't that normal? Our plan gives us free calls between our two phones.; 10/8/09, 10:57 AM
Bissage said...: You are sooooo good looking!; 10/8/09, 11:24 AM
rhhardin said...: Gesundheit : multiply by 9, divide by 5, and add 32.; 10/8/09, 3:49 PM