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From: bj@yale-com.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Hiccup cure and humor (?)
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Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 17:36:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 13 17:36:24 1983
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    Well, I've found at least one hiccup cure that works much of
    the time.  It sounds odd, but I have found that if I take
    a Q-tip and rub the inside of my ears (fairly far in -- not
    so as to be painful) it stops the hiccups.  I really
    don't know why, but...

I sometimes make myself cough by using a Q-tip in my ear.  I feel a
tickling sensation in my throut.  I assumed it was some sort of
confusion with the nerve connections.  I have also noted similar
comfusion between other pairs of points on my body, but quite rarely.
(How would you like the job of managing a switchboard as complicated
as your nervious system).
					B.J.
					Herbison-BJ@Yale
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