Object: A pepper shaker and a handkerchief

Boys and Girls, If we had this pepper shaker and this handkerchief, what would the two of them combined make you think of? Could it possibly make you think of sneezing? Pepper supposedly makes us sneeze. Of course, we use a handkerchief when we sneeze. Now what do we say when somebody sneezes? Well, we could say, "God Bless You." But there's a German word that we often use, don't we? GEZUNDHEIT!

"GEZUNDHEIT" is an unusual word. It means "Good Health." Now why would you say to someone, "Good Health" when they sneeze?

Well, back in the old days, before they knew about bacteria and viruses, they thought that sneezin…