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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:22 AM
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I've got the hiccups!
:grr:irritating:grr:
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:24 AM
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1. put arms up in the air and drink 10 gulps of water
if no one around to help you hold one arm up and use the other. Never failed me yet...
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:24 AM
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BOOO!
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:25 AM
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3. I was waiting for that one.
:-)
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GingerSnaps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:24 AM
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2. Think of 1 thing that * has done good for this country & they will go away
:bounce:
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:29 AM
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4. I know the only medically approved
solution. You have to swallow spoonfuls of granules. This could be fine sand, but sugar is more acceptable to the human system.

Therefore, take out your sugar-bowl and a spoon. Dip in and get a big spoon full of sugar and swallow it as fast as you can. Those granules on your internals (whatever they are) are what stops the hiccups.

I learned this in a genu-ine emergency room.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:32 AM
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5. Take a teaspoon of sugar moistened with water...
slowly sipped from the spoon.
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:43 AM
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8. I thought the sugar was supposed to be dry in order to be more irritating
This cure was in Scientific American.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:49 AM
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9. Well, I didn't read the article; but I've been taking it
with water for over 40 years, and it's never failed me.

Perhaps the degree of irritation depends on the individual.
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BlueHandDuo Donating Member (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:35 AM
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10. I've never heard of taking it with water...
...maybe if you have dry-mouth syndrome the water would help, but usually there's enough saliva to keep the sugar granules from doing any damage on the way down.

And it's been a sure-fire cure every time I've tried it.

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aliberalpricking Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:42 AM
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6. guaranteed cure
this is a sure fire way to frighten the hiccups away.....It is my way of saying hello to some "friends"
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aliberalpricking Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 12:42 AM
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7. guaranteed cure
I go by the name of Bill. and this is a sure fire way to frighten the hiccups away.....It is my way of saying hello to some "friends"
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Nestea Donating Member (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:37 AM
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11. Cure:
1) Pour a TALL glass of water.

(2) Hold your breath... ***

(3) IMPORTANT...PINCH YOUR NOSE CLOSED.

(4) Slowly, take 10 - 20 swallows of the water...while holding your breath with your nose pinched closed.

(5) When you can't stand it any more....you'll know by that overwhelming drowning sensation -- after a gasp, take a deep breath and relax.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:42 AM
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12. Eat a tablespoon of peanut butter, slowly....
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 03:44 AM
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13. That was me a couple of days ago
My heart goes out to you!
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 03:51 AM
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14. in the words of Hobbes
(the comic strip tiger, not the political philospher)

"i think most hiccup cures were designed purely for the entertainment of the patient's friends"

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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