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...sounds like a good one. Second team all state in Florida is nothing to sneeze at.

What's the etymology of the phrase "nothing to sneeze at"? It's always struck me as being kind of an odd thing to say....

http://www.palatkadailynews.com/article ... orts01.txt

jake miller from tusky valley. not to sound like falconboy, but it would've been great to have a kid like this on the line.

http://cantonrep.com/index.php?Category ... 264613&r=8

"The 6-foot-6, 308-pound Miller’s final choices included Illinois, Akron and Bowling Green, but everything about the Mountaineers felt right, Martini said."

jacojdm wrote:jake miller from tusky valley. not to sound like falconboy, but it would've been great to have a kid like this on the line.

http://cantonrep.com/index.php?Category ... 264613&r=8

"The 6-foot-6, 308-pound Miller’s final choices included Illinois, Akron and Bowling Green, but everything about the Mountaineers felt right, Martini said."

Tusky Valley is right down I 77 from me. They've had a pretty good team the last few years.

Flipper wrote:...sounds like a good one. Second team all state in Florida is nothing to sneeze at.

What's the etymology of the phrase "nothing to sneeze at"? It's always struck me as being kind of an odd thing to say....

http://www.palatkadailynews.com/article ... orts01.txt

Nice! Chuck Sharon is from Palatka....

flipper, love that link/report. I appreciate it. 3A All State 2nd team in Florida? Yep, he should be a player.

Go Falcons!

Flipper wrote:...sounds like a good one. Second team all state in Florida is nothing to sneeze at.

What's the etymology of the phrase "nothing to sneeze at"? It's always struck me as being kind of an odd thing to say....

http://www.palatkadailynews.com/article ... orts01.txt

One story that I read (heard?) was that the phrase started in English high society (I don't remember the century). Apparently, during conversations among English gentlemen, self-induced sneezing was a way to show boredom or disapproval. So, if something is “nothing to sneeze at”….

Flipper wrote:
What's the etymology of the phrase "nothing to sneeze at"? It's always struck me as being kind of an odd thing to say....

I need a hobby...

NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT – “…People in older times imagined that a sneeze cleared the mind. It certainly gave them a feeling of exhilaration. Suddenly, 17th century Europe caught a craze for sneezing. It was considered the right thing to do in good society. Indeed, the more you sneezed, the more you proved yourself a member of the privileged class. To build up this new status symbol, all kinds of devices were used. It was soon realized that snuff caused sneezing. Therefore everyone who was someone carried with him a little box, containing a mixture of sneeze-producing herbs or tobacco. By drawing an ample pinch of it into the nostrils, a hearty sneeze resulted in no time. Of course only the rich and idle had time to sneeze or could afford snuff. Hence the self-induced sneeze became synonymous with aristocratic living. If you were able to sneeze ‘on call,' you showed audibly your status in society. But one matter had still to be decided. Just to sneeze haphazardly was not good enough. There had to be a special occasion. Soon sneezing became part of men's conversation. You indulged in it whenever you wanted to show your disapproval of anything said or, even more so, your lack of interest in the matter discussed. A sneeze was an unmistakable way of saying politely ‘you bore me.' Consequently and logically, anything ‘not to be sneezed at' was something really worthwhile.” From “How Did It Begin?” by R. Brasch (Pocket Books, New York, 1969).

http://experts.about.com/q/Etymology-Me ... othing.htm

I love our track record with kids from florida. I have to say I smile when I hear that we get a kid from Florida, California, or Texas. They produce some great players.