Talking Achoo

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Holding back a sneeze by pinching your nose while keeping your mouth closed may cause physical injury. In one such documented case, an otherwise healthy 34-year-old man in the U.K. suffered a tear in the back of his throat after sneezing while stifling it, by sealing both airways. He explained his neck had become swollen after he tried to contain a forceful sneeze while keeping both nostrils and mouth closed. Doctors who examined him heard popping and crackling sounds, which extended from his neck all the way down to his ribcage. Jeff and Anthony debate sneezing etiquette.

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0:14.3	slash we have concerns.
0:30.2	It's unbelievable. Anyway, if you make HDR TVs and you want to sponsor this podcast,
0:35.2	we don't really do advertising, but give us HDR TVs. Please.
0:38.6	This is we have concerns. Hi Jeff Canada. Hi Anthony Carbony. Hello concerned citizens.
0:43.1	I want to ask you a question Anthony. I would love to answer that question for you.
0:46.4	This is something I just do not understand. Okay. Are you or have you ever been one of the
0:52.8	communists? One of those people that tries to stop yourself from sneezing.
0:58.7	Depends on the situation Jeff. Depends on the situation. There's never a situation where it's
1:03.7	you think it's inappropriate to sneeze. Okay, I'll give you one right now. You bring little
1:09.6	baby Kylo over and you're holding little baby or little baby Kylo is in a stroller. He's
1:14.2	asleep and I lean over to look at your adorable little baby Kylo. You want me to stifle that sneeze.
1:18.2	You don't want me sneezing into my elbow. Just turn away. Sneezes come up quick and you react
1:24.0	as fast as you can with whatever your body says is the correct reaction. I mean, I guess you picked
1:27.7	the one weird edge case that it makes any kind of one weird trick to get Jeff to agree with you.
1:33.5	Put his son in danger. That's if you want to get Jeff to agree with you guys,
1:38.2	kidnap his son. I've done it. Now I have a hit podcast.
1:43.4	Someday if you get enough episodes in the can, you'll give me my son back. My boy, my son.
1:49.5	Yeah, no, I think I usually I usually do the elbow. Yeah. The vampire, the vampire cough,
1:56.4	the vampire sneeze. That's where I go for it. But I don't try to stifle one. Oh,
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