Originally Posted by SATCHMO

The word "orgasm" is French, and its literal meaning is "small death". The primary thing that an orgasm and a sneeze have in common is that they both require the body's vital functions (heartbeat, breathing, etc.) to cease entirely for a fraction of a second, because they require the full extent of the bodies energy. So in the case of a sneeze and an orgasm you are clinically dead during the brief moment that it occurs.