A sneeze to feel good or a tornado in the making.

Hi Tetchie, Apt descriptions indeed for this most common of allergic reflexes. I like the volcano metaphor - it conjures up visions of a cascading avalanche of steaming snot (and who hasn't had THAT delightful experience?). Just by the by, anyone who suffers from severe hay-fever or other sinus-related problems can get a WORLD of relief by sucking on some ice. Seriously, it's natural, it works, and it goes straight to the heart of the problem. And it's cheap if you have ice on hand, but any frozen condiment will do. The pleasure or "good" feeling which sneezing produces is rather peculiar when you stop to think about it. It's doubtless all part of the wisdom that's engineered so exquisite a marvel as the living body - the better the sneeze, the better the feeling, which probably means that a good sneeze is better for you (but passing pedestrians beware!). I believe Duran Duran had a song about sneezing a while back - holding it off for as long as you can, to get a really good sneeze (or something like that).