Sneezing can be pretty contagious too, if close enough.
Also, colds.
We all wonder when the future will be here, but we all have devices in our pockets which allow us to communicate with people all around the world in a matter of seconds, access information and knowledge from every known source and about every known thing in the universe. And we use it to get in discussions with strangers and look at funny pictures of cats.
Instead of all the prequel and sequel movies coming out, they should start making equels - films shot in the same time period as the original film, but from an entirely different perspective
If you swap the spinach for beer, then any episode of Popeye becomes a bitter story of a raging alcoholic, right down to the speech impediment and tendency to fight people who he believes are trying to steal "his girl"