Hiccups

[Kimmygonbefamous]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 6:11pm

Ok, I've had hiccups for the past 3 hours...what do you guys do to cure 'em?

[Liam]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 6:13pm

OMG i get them all the time!like ALL the time!

law down hold your breth and put your arms over your head

[FabalaCohen]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 6:24pm

Balance a cup of water on two chopsticks, and if it stays still for a minute, drink it.

Or you can just get someone to punch you in the diaphragm.

Or just give give them to someone else.


***I am NOT suggesting that you do any of these (ESP. the second one)...slight inside joke w/ my friend Meg regarding a show we both love***

[dotmarie]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 6:28pm

Drink water upside down. Always cures me! =)

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 6:30pm

take your clothes off and run around the block. that should do it.

[kjklo]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 6:37pm

Take a large glass of water and a kitchen match. While holding the glass in your left hand and the match in your right hand, light the match and watch the flame intently as it burns down. When the match has almost, but not quite, burned down, drop it into the water, extinguishing the flame. Take a deep breath over the glass, inhaling the slightly sulphurous air. While holding your breath, and continuing to intently watch the floating match, begin taking slow sips of the water. Take sixteen sips exactly, no more, no less. After swallowing the sixteenth sip, remove the match, pour out the remaining water, and slowly exhale. This method is fool-proof.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 6:53pm

have someone stomp on your foot several times........you won't notice the hiccups.

seriously the drink wate upsidedown thing works

[cabarethed]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 7:24pm

Hold your breath and take 10-15 sips of water. Works for me every time.

[Mythus]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 7:26pm

I think breathing slowly for a minute will help. If not - I used to get a cup of water, hold it between my pinkies (it was a paper cup), then block my ears and nose with my other fingers and drink it. I don't know if that helped, but it was fun.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 7:27pm

haha, once I had an English teacher who was demonstrating to us this really odd way to get rid of hiccups. She got a little glass of water, and flipped her body over by bending at the waist and hanging her head down between her ankles. Staying in this position, she drank the water. It's almost impossible to do without getting the water all over yourself, but she claimed it worked.

I get hiccups a lot, and usually if you just take slow, even breaths for a bit, you'll get rid of them.

[Plum]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 7:29pm

Spoonful of sugar.

No, seriously.

[Chloe]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 7:38pm

Breathe into a small paper bag for a couple of minutes. Hiccups are caused by a lack of carbon dioxide.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 3/20/05 at 8:09pm

Take a slice of lemon, shake a few dashes of bitters onto it, dip it in sugar and then eat it down to the rind. It's an old bartenders' trick that works pretty much every time.