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Bless you ... and bless you again

04:16 PM CDT on Friday, September 14, 2007

By MATT WIXON / The Dallas Morning News

As the allergy season begins, this is a good time to admit it. You’ve sneezed, not heard a “God bless you!” and felt cheated.

It’s ridiculous, of course. But when the co-worker next to you sneezed, you had the courtesy to send her a blessing. And when your friend next to you let loose with one sneeze, followed by a titanic double that rattled the windows, did you laugh like everybody else?

Well, yes. But then you wished him spiritual validation.

Then came your sneeze. Followed by …

Nothing. You could hear a cricket chirp.

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MATT'S EXTRAS

Welcome to another Monday, everyone. A while back I wrote a column about life in high school, and it reminded me that I hadn’t looked at my high school yearbook in more than 10 years.

So I pulled out the Apollo High School Class of 1989 yearbook, “Splash of Spirit.”

What a rush of memories. The bad photos, the bad poses, the list of senior favorites -- including our favorite song, “Pour Some Sugar on Me” by Def Leppard.

I decided to make a short video highlighting some of the funnier parts of the yearbook and my awkward senior photo.

You can find the video on my blog at www.dallasnews.com/humormeblog.

BANKS AND ATTRACTIVE WOMEN: Nigerian banks must stop using good-looking women to attract new customers, according to this story. “Banks have made it a policy to employ beautiful ladies and give them targets to meet,” the Nigerian Senate president said last week. Fortunately, in America, companies would never use attractive women to hawk products.

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Check out the Humor Me blog for breaking humor news and analysis including the breakthrough of vibrating soap, how pro wrestler Ric Flair wants to be your mortgage lender and why my 2-year-old son could be the next tennis prodigy if spatulas are used as rackets.

Also, the art of using a prosthetic limb as a weapon, why sleeping late is good for your heart and when to include a photo with your job application.

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