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I never heard of sneezing due to bright lights. I have come out of many theaters, and do not remember ever hearing a sneeze. So I have learned something. I found a site with quote from a small "peer-reviewed quarterly journal", from which I took a pertinent quote: "The mechanism of the bright light sneeze reflex seems to be an association of optic nerve fibers and trigeminal nerve nucleus in the mid-brain. The trigeminal nerve's second division supplies sensory fibers to the nasal mucosa. It is postulated that nerve impulses travelling up the optic nerve will cause a sympathetic discharge down the trigeminal nerve fibers. Another mechanism postulates that partial squinting of the eyes resulting from the bright light causes squeezing of the lacrimal sac which results in tears running down the nasolacrimal duct into the nasal cavity, causing stimulation ofthe nasal cavity and a sneeze. "
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How do you sneeze?
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bonzaialsatian
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10/01/02 07:21 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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wofahulicodoc
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10/01/02 08:22 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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bonzaialsatian
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10/01/02 08:31 PM
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Running tally
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wofahulicodoc
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10/01/02 08:40 PM
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sneezing in the dark
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redpepper
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10/14/02 12:27 AM
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Re: Running tally
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WhitmanO'Neill
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10/14/02 08:07 PM
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Re: photic sneeze reflex
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wwh
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10/14/02 08:26 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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sjm
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10/01/02 08:49 PM
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of troy
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10/01/02 09:04 PM
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Fiberbabe
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10/01/02 09:36 PM
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milum
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10/01/02 10:33 PM
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Wordwind
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10/01/02 10:38 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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slithy toves
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10/02/02 12:04 AM
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Re: sneeze - superstition.
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wow
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04/21/03 02:15 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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FishonaBike
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10/02/02 10:27 AM
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boronia
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10/02/02 12:34 PM
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Bobyoungbalt
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10/03/02 03:14 AM
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Faldage
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10/03/02 10:13 AM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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Wordwind
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10/03/02 11:19 AM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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Faldage
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10/03/02 11:28 AM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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Wordwind
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10/03/02 11:33 AM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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boronia
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10/03/02 12:42 PM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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AnnaStrophic
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10/03/02 01:51 PM
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Ahem!
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Faldage
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10/03/02 01:56 PM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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WhitmanO'Neill
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10/14/02 07:57 PM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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Faldage
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10/14/02 08:19 PM
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achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo
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of troy
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10/14/02 08:28 PM
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Re: achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo
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AnnaStrophic
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10/14/02 08:40 PM
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Re: achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo
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of troy
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10/14/02 10:15 PM
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Re: achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo
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AnnaStrophic
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10/15/02 02:10 PM
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Re: achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo, achoo
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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10/14/02 09:10 PM
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wwh
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10/14/02 09:29 PM
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consuelo
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10/14/02 10:12 PM
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consuelo
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10/14/02 10:28 PM
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Fiberbabe
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10/15/02 07:52 AM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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WhitmanO'Neill
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10/14/02 08:42 PM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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Wordwind
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10/14/02 08:58 PM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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AnnaStrophic
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10/14/02 09:24 PM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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Wordwind
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10/14/02 09:38 PM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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Faldage
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10/15/02 10:09 AM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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WhitmanO'Neill
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10/23/02 04:11 AM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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Faldage
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10/23/02 09:44 AM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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Faldage
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10/03/02 12:53 PM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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Wordwind
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10/03/02 01:10 PM
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Re: Soundly Screwing Up Vision
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Faldage
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10/03/02 01:20 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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dxb
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10/02/02 09:03 AM
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modestgoddess
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10/03/02 02:01 AM
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Sparteye
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10/03/02 06:51 PM
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milum
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10/03/02 08:41 PM
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the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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wofahulicodoc
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10/03/02 09:08 PM
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Re: the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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FishonaBike
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10/08/02 03:58 PM
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Re: the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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boronia
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10/08/02 04:23 PM
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Re: the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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Alex Williams
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10/08/02 05:19 PM
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Re: the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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milum
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10/08/02 11:15 PM
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Re: the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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TEd Remington
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10/09/02 01:17 PM
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Re: the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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Faldage
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10/09/02 01:25 PM
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Re: the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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TEd Remington
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10/09/02 01:53 PM
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Re: the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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Faldage
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10/14/02 09:55 AM
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Re: the darkness has passed, and it's daylight at last
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Capital Kiwi
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10/14/02 05:18 AM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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of troy
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10/03/02 09:36 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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wow
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10/14/02 02:31 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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Faldage
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10/14/02 02:38 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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jture
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10/22/02 09:08 PM
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Wordwind
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10/22/02 11:07 PM
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bonzaialsatian
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10/26/02 10:16 AM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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TEd Remington
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10/02/02 01:25 PM
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Yawn
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FishonaBike
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10/02/02 01:36 PM
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Re: Yawns are contagious
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WhitmanO'Neill
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10/14/02 07:52 PM
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Re: Yawns are contagious
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FishonaBike
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10/15/02 04:10 PM
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Fiberbabe
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10/15/02 06:26 PM
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Re: Yawns are contagious
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FishonaBike
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10/16/02 01:21 PM
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Re: Yawns are contagious
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bonzaialsatian
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10/17/02 04:39 PM
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Re: Yawns are contagious
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hev
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10/21/02 05:15 AM
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Re: Yawns are contagious
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WhitmanO'Neill
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10/23/02 03:49 AM
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Re: Yawns are contagious
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WhitmanO'Neill
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04/18/03 08:52 PM
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Animal sounds
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AnnaStrophic
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04/18/03 11:53 PM
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Re: Yawn sounds
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WhitmanO'Neill
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04/19/03 01:00 AM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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wofahulicodoc
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10/14/02 02:22 PM
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better late than never - Italian sneezing
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emanuela
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04/19/03 08:04 AM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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rav
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04/19/03 02:15 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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TEd Remington
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10/14/02 07:22 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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Faldage
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10/14/02 07:25 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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anchita
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04/25/03 08:34 PM
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musick
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04/25/03 10:33 PM
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Faldage
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04/26/03 12:10 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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WhitmanO'Neill
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04/26/03 03:14 PM
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Re: How do you sneeze?
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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04/26/03 03:36 PM
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Re: More sneeze stuff
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WhitmanO'Neill
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05/17/03 08:05 PM
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Re: More sneeze stuff
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Faldage
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05/17/03 08:24 PM
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Re: More sneeze stuff
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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05/17/03 08:51 PM
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Re: More sneeze stuff
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Faldage
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05/17/03 09:09 PM
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Re: More sneeze stuff
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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05/17/03 09:12 PM
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Re: More sneeze stuff
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Jackie
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05/19/03 02:04 AM
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Re: More sneeze stuff
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WhitmanO'Neill
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05/19/03 02:43 AM
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Re: More sneeze stuff
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Faldage
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05/19/03 10:10 AM
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