I used to do business with a Swiss pharmaceutical company called Ciba-Geigy, pronounced ‘SI-BA GEE GEE’.....(with a hard ‘G’, for you purists).
While we know that your heart allegedly stops for a split-second whenever you sneeze, we’re not real big on thanking some invisible Heavenly Being that it started again after the sneeze, so instead of the traditional ‘God bless you’, we just say “Ciba-Geigy”.
It also works well in other situations:
“OOPS, you missed the turn….”
“Ciba-Geigy”
“Does this thing make me look fat ?”
“Ciba-Geigy”
“What time will you be home tonight ?”
“Ciba-Geigy”