Sneezing with eyes closed

[Lakewood]

Why can't you sneeze with your eyes open?

[WiccanKitten]

My science teacher in my final year at school told me that your body prevents you from keeping your eyes open because the pressure caused by the deep inhalation, and then rapid exhalation of sneezing would be enough to push them out of their sockets.
Anyone else think that might be a little far fetched? x

[Craig007]

I believe it! Try it Wiccan and if you can still see to type let us know what it was like! :o)

[ELVIS68]

because you cant look at the person you sneeze over, its rude

[Octavius]

The reflex of shutting the eyes during sternutation serves no obvious purpose: the nerves serving the eyes and the nose are closely related, and stimuli to the one often trigger some response in the other.

[WiccanKitten]

Ahead of you Craig - since the day i was told that i have tried it every time.......its impossible! :)
hahah Elvis - love your SOH.
Octavious - thats a lot of big words! :)

[Octavius]

Big words make me look kleverer

[WiccanKitten]

How very oblicosious of you Octavios, I would agree that your noted contrafibularities help to create a more aquaintered mental image of yourself to other inconslaved, and indeed crintanolang AB users!
;)
xx

[Octavius]

I am anaspeptic; even frasmodic to have caused you such perriconvovulations. I will return interfrastically. Innit.

[WiccanKitten]

HAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Well said Edmund Octavia! Made my day, that did! :) xx