alexr_rwx: (lizard brain)
Alex R ([personal profile] alexr_rwx) wrote2009-02-20 03:47 pm

quick poll about sneezing and sunlight.

Bright sunlight tends to make me sneeze. This is called the photic sneeze reflex, and it's relatively common.

How about you?

[Poll #1352727]

[identity profile] praetorian42.livejournal.com 2009-02-20 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
No- but there was a character in Pete & Pete that had that... condition...

She used it to her advantage in the group's quest to achieve the world record for staying awake. Whenever she tired, she looked at the sun, sneezed, and was awakened. This failed eventually, because the sun goes away sometimes.

[identity profile] praetorian42.livejournal.com 2009-02-20 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
The Internet provides documentation of my Television nostalgia.

http://www.tv.com/the-adventures-of-pete-and-pete/nightcrawlers/episode/166550/recap.html
ext_110843: (removal of signs)

[identity profile] oniugnip.livejournal.com 2009-02-20 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I totally remember that episode!

I wonder if it'd be worth it to go back and watch old Pete & Pete episodes. It may be best to let them hang out in our shared cultural memory, but it did seem like a pretty clever piece of television. Maybe it's aged well?