Proper Examination

I often find it amusing when someone else sneezes, and they become upset at you for not saying ''bless you."

Then there is the ever comical, "excuse you," after a belch. At times belches are unexpected. In which case you are perceived in the same manner as the person who failed to say ''bless you." However, the whiplashing one gets after being ''rude" after a sneeze goes unsaid after a mistaken belch.

This is peculiar though nobody makes a fuss. Why doesn't the courtesy extend well here? Why doesn't "bless you" work after an unexpected belch? If a person is breathing oddly before an explosive sneeze, why wouldn't "excuse you" be appropriate?

Where am I going with this is quite simple. When someone lets out one single unexpected hick-up (and no more), we just let it happen. There's no, "bless you" or even "excuse you" involved at all. Should this be? Should there be something said?

I propose we use an elogant combination of the two and say, "Blescuse you."