Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!yale-com!bj From: bj@yale-com.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Hiccup cure and humor (?) Message-ID: <1615@yale-com.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 17:36:24 EDT Article-I.D.: yale-com.1615 Posted: Mon Jun 13 17:36:24 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 19:26:12 EDT Lines: 16 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 decvax!yale-comix!herbison-bj