Comments on: Sneezing with My Eyes Open

Question: Sneezing with My Eyes Open

codger — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:46:08 -0800

If sneezing with my eyes open is impossible, why can I do it?

...and is there anybody else out there that also can do this? I only do it so as to not take my eyes off the road when driving.

By: Eamon

Eamon — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:02:16 -0800

Random crackpot theory: you could be blinking but unaware that you're doing it. The little I know about visual cognition certainly makes me believe that it's possible to be unaware of your own blink when your attention is focused elsewhere.

By: mookieproof

mookieproof — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:23:20 -0800

...because you are more machine now than man, twisted and evil.

By: kindall

kindall — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:06:27 -0800

If sneezing with my eyes open is impossible, why can I do it?

Because you are a freak of nature, a mutant with the uncanny power to not blink while sneezing. Professor Xavier will be in contact shortly to recruit you.

By: rglasmann

rglasmann — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:18:45 -0800

Because you have a serious medical condition. People who sneeze with their eyes open run the risk of having their eyes pop right out of their sockets and just dangle there. Sounds more dangerous while driving than just blinking for an instant. Be careful....

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:28:17 -0800

I get the feeling some of you aren't taking this seriously.

But really. You offend the gods by defying their rules. Cut it out.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:30:03 -0800

I can do it sometimes too. To hell with the naysayers, especially the ones who tell me I can't chew bubblegum and walk at the same time.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:32:11 -0800

Can you hold your nose underwater and blow bubbles out of the corners of your eyes?

I bet you can too.

Yup, you an' me, we're special.

The circus beckons. Heed its call.

By: widdershins

widdershins — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:23:31 -0800

Can you hold your nose underwater and blow bubbles out of the corners of your eyes?

You people are FREAKS.

By: jazon

jazon — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:31:42 -0800

1. sneeze
2. keep eyes open
3. ???
4. Profit!!

By: agregoli

agregoli — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:38:49 -0800

I can do it, or at least I think I have.

I always like it when my cat yawns. She never closes her eyes while she does so.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:55:13 -0800

i can keep my eyes open when i yawn. i can yawn with one eye open and one eye closed. you can even choose which eye i keep open. your cat is rubbish.

By: codger

codger — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:53:28 -0800

To my knowledge I've never blown bubbles out of the corners of my eyes underwater, but I don't think I've ever sincerely tried.

Nobody ever told me it was impossible, you see.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:39:00 -0800

My sister can do it, too. It's not impossible. It's one of those stupid factoids like that we "only use ten percent of our brains" that people like to quote but not verify.

By: mabelcolby

mabelcolby — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:45:35 -0800

People close their eyes when they yawn? I totally always keep mine open

By: madman

madman — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 04:40:13 -0800

I have a mutant power quite like a human-repelling force field.

When I walk into a room full of people, they seem to magically scatter.

I've noticed that it gets activated when I don't bathe for 3 days.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:35:57 -0800

What Eamon said.