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1 posted on 08/27/2014 3:17:38 PM PDT by Nachum
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Found on the web:

"Wishing someone well after they sneeze probably originated thousands of years ago. The Romans would say "Jupiter preserve you" or "Salve," which meant "good health to you," and the Greeks would wish each other "long life." The phrase "God bless you" is attributed to Pope Gregory the Great, who uttered it in the sixth century during a bubonic plague epidemic (sneezing is an obvious symptom of one form of the plague).

The exchangeable term "gesundheit" comes from Germany, and it literally means "health." The idea is that a sneeze typically precedes illness. It entered the English language in the early part of the 20th century, brought to the United States by German-speaking immigrants."

2 posted on 08/27/2014 3:20:24 PM PDT by Baynative (Free people are not equal, equal people are not free.)
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God’s Not Dead.


3 posted on 08/27/2014 3:24:37 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Free goodies for all -- Freedom for none.)
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I think he should deduct points for people who sneeze/cough when he is talking; after all that is very rude.


4 posted on 08/27/2014 3:25:59 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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Someone needs to get a gallon of this stuff!

http://www.amazon.com/Special-Ingredients-Revenge-Sneezing-Powder/dp/B0037AUL5E


5 posted on 08/27/2014 3:27:22 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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I went to the link and looked at the “rules.” Interestingly, he doesn’t ban saying F-You.


6 posted on 08/27/2014 3:27:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Dr. Leon Gardner, assistant professor of chemistry at the College of Coastal Georgia, pointed out his six rules on behavior on his Introductory Physics class syllabus.

An assistant professor of physics who teaches chemistry is probably not on the fast track (and a pretty bad sign about the college as a whole). I'm not surprised that he is more interested in pathetic power games in the classroom than in actual teaching.

7 posted on 08/27/2014 3:28:16 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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The “professor” punishes taxpayers by drawing a pay check.


8 posted on 08/27/2014 3:29:13 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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He might be a jerk for specifically picking out “bless you” for his point, but all his points are valid. Be quiet during his class, no matter what. I would hope my child has the sense to refrain from specific actions which would interrupt the teacher but most need to be told how to act in public.


9 posted on 08/27/2014 3:29:26 PM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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As long as the rule applies to any other talking in class it is fine.


10 posted on 08/27/2014 3:32:46 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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I wonder how legal this is, say, if a student were to challenge it by walking into the class tomorrow and saying it 100 times as soon as class starts. Normally I do not support that kind of disruption, but these are different circumstances, and if it were my child who did it I would fully support them. Let’s see if he can legally drop a student’s grade to a ZERO over this. Then again, “legal” doesn’t mean what it used to mean if you end up putting the decision in the wrong hands.


11 posted on 08/27/2014 3:33:45 PM PDT by RightInJersey
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Yes - it’s completely rude.

Who doesn’t know this?


12 posted on 08/27/2014 3:33:45 PM PDT by agrarianlady
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I don't disagree with him. After teaching in public high schools for 25 years I have seen my share of rude.

That being said, he sure is full of himself about how important his lectures are.

14 posted on 08/27/2014 3:35:21 PM PDT by pfflier
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Is anyone else reminded of the great sneeze scene from Animal House? (Starts at about :43) :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROxvT8KKdFw


17 posted on 08/27/2014 3:37:18 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
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Yet another liberal professor that is full of himself.


18 posted on 08/27/2014 3:37:24 PM PDT by CodeToad (Romney is a raisin cookie looking for chocolate chip cookie votes.)
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Wonder how many points he deducts for another phrase that ends in “you”? Is there an extra deduction if I add “and the horse you rode in on” at the end of the previously mentioned phrase?


20 posted on 08/27/2014 3:38:17 PM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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If saying “bless you” is the infraction, why not respond with, “you are blessed”?


21 posted on 08/27/2014 3:40:50 PM PDT by A Cyrenian (Don't worry about stuffing the bus or filling the fridge. Try filling the Church.)
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Someone should take him out back and beat his ass until he cries to God to make it stop.


22 posted on 08/27/2014 3:41:09 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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Here’s another one. It’s not a big one, but it’s part of a larger emerging pattern.


24 posted on 08/27/2014 3:43:08 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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Fire his slimy liberal as...er...Obamahole.

NOW!


26 posted on 08/27/2014 3:44:32 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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I hate Professor Nazis.


30 posted on 08/27/2014 3:54:21 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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