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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:03 PM
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I have the hiccups...
x(

I'm drinking water, but it isn't helping and I'm holding me breathe, that's not working either.

Help! :argh:
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Kikosexy2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:04 PM
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1. Not even...
the Chimpie's mug can scare you to stop?
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:06 PM
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3. AHHHHHH!
Shit, I think that might have worked.... *pauses*

Oh my gawd it worked! *ush is good for something after all! :7
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Kikosexy2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:11 PM
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6. I can't...
laughing now--and it's all your fault!
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:15 PM
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8. hehehehe
:7
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:05 PM
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2. What you mentioned usually works for me
don't know what else you can do :shrug:
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:07 PM
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4. The threat of looking at * cured me!
Kikosexy2 rocks! :)
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:08 PM
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5. BOO!!!!!!!
Did that help?
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:17 PM
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11. LOL!
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:13 PM
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7. drink upside-down
Ok, here is a foolproof way that always works for everyone:

fill a glass with water, bend over so that your head is inverted (touch your toes while standing) and drink from the glass upside down. This may be tricky, you place your upper lip on the far side of the glass and drink, this causes your upper back palate to get wet and triggers the brain to stop sending the spasms in the throat.

I've never seen it fail, my Ear-nose and throat doctor showed me that trick when I was young.


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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:18 PM
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13. Cool, I've heard of doing that before, but never knew it worked
Thanks! :thumbsup:
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lady lib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:16 PM
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9. Out out damn hiccups recipe
Warning: do not operate heavy machinery while attempting this cure.
:)

Plug your ears with your thumbs (by pushing your tragus over your ear canal)while plugging your nose with your middle fingers (by pushing against the nares)while holding a large cup of water with your ring fingers and pinkies. Drink the water without taking any breaths until you're completely out of air.

If the hiccups come back, repeat.

This looks and feels ridiculous, but it's always worked for me on the first or second try.

:)
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:20 PM
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14. hehe
I bet the guys come a runnin' when they see a girl do that. :silly:
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:16 PM
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10. From a friend who worked for doctor...
Take a Q-Tip and touch your uvula (sp?) at the back of your mouth. You know that little piece of skin in the back of your mouth.

Problem solved.

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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:21 PM
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15. Wouldn't that cause a gag reflex?
:o

:puke:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:18 PM
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12. LOCKING
This thread is being locked by the Homeland Security Department for violating Section 3, Part II, Article A of the Patriot Act..."admitting weakness in a capacity that would allow the enemy access to the USA or her allies"

Did that work? Usually if someone scares me, the hiccups will go away.
:)
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:22 PM
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16. LOL! Good one!
That's damn near as scary as the thought of seeing ol' Shrubs picture like the person in the first post said. :crazy:
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 07:50 PM
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17. Hold your nose while drinking the water!
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 08:06 PM
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18. A teaspoon of sugar
I prefer mine moistened with water, but there was someone here who suggested just gulping it down dry.

Try one, and if it doesn't work, try the other...
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