Richard Osman asked how many times people sneeze and it turned out someone keeps a spreadsheet

We’re not entirely sure why Richard Osman asked this question but we’re very glad he did because it unearthed something entirely unexpected.

Ok, I wonder if you can help? How many times do you think you’ve sneezed in your life? Individual sneezes. Give me a yearly estimate without looking at other people’s answers. I think it’s a very, very difficult question.

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) October 18, 2019

And there were lots and lots of answers (we guessed 298, since you’re asking), some of them more serious than others.

Bless you for asking.

— Norman aka Dapper Rapper (@dappernorman) October 18, 2019

I’m working on the assumption there are loads of days I haven’t, but clearly a big hayfever day could be a fifteener. I’m pretty sure when you die you get your book of life statistics, peas eaten, bar graph of toilets most often frequented, top speed etc – and it’ll be in there.

— Max Rushden (@maxrushden) October 18, 2019

300 per year

— Lee Barnard (@_lee_barnard) October 18, 2019

That was my answer too!

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) October 18, 2019

But none of those are the reason we’re here. This is.

This is going to sound REALLY sad, but I’ve been keeping a day-by-day sneeze record since the beginning of 2014. pic.twitter.com/0PRDPxbQWd

— Ben Harris (@btharris93) October 18, 2019

And here it is (you’ll have to zoom in to really appreciate it).

That really is nothing to sniff at.

You are kidding? This is GOLD DUST!

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) October 18, 2019

Impressive consistency.

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) October 18, 2019

And the spreadsheet man didn’t stop there.

So I just did some basic graphs – I have no idea why I sneezed so much more between 2014-16 than 2017-present.

Also, that one day in February 2015 when I sneezed 24 times, I did indeed have a cold. pic.twitter.com/rVLlr5ELPQ

— Ben Harris (@btharris93) October 18, 2019

I'd love to know why

— Max Rushden (@maxrushden) October 18, 2019

Honestly, I was just curious one year how often I'd sneeze so I decided to start keeping a record. Ended up getting into the habit of it and here we are almost 6 years later!

— Ben Harris (@btharris93) October 18, 2019

Except it is an Untitled sheet, so something prepared today, as it's clearly not been saved. I'm sure you would have called in Sneeze Log, as I do with my log

— Daniel Clark (@djmclark) October 18, 2019

It hasn't been prepared today. I am not joking with this, sadly. pic.twitter.com/1u0E9gzgKN

— Ben Harris (@btharris93) October 18, 2019

Definitely not a pointless exercise.

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