Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site gatech.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!we13!otuxa!ll1!sb1!sb6!emory!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Hiccup cure and humor (?) Message-ID: <203@gatech.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jun-83 18:28:02 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.203 Posted: Thu Jun 9 18:28:02 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 06:39:01 EDT Organization: Georgia Tech, School of ICS Lines: 42 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... Another method relies on the idea of getting your concentration on something else. Therefore, try a sexual encounter with the person/animal/object of your choice. If you can't change your breathing habits and your focus of attention, you obviously aren't trying. If everybody tries this and gets this cure deeply imbedded in the folklore, I'll need to find a good cause for hiccups and then visit one of the sororities.... A third method that I have had work is to find an overhead bar and hang from it (something like a chinning bar). Stretching my back out and taking a few deep breaths seems to work well. I won't conjecture exactly why, but it works quickly. Perhaps a visit to a chiropractor would do the same. Or combine it with the second cure and visit a massage parlor. Now for a bit of hiccup humor. I had developed a bad case of the hiccups by (unwisely) having some cold water after some prolonged exercise. As I was driving home with my roommate the hiccups were getting quite painful and frequent. I commented to my roommate that I was in pain. He tends to look at life rather oddly and came up with an observation which convulsed me in laughter, doubled my hiccups, and nearly killed me (it seemed). So, if you are around someone with hiccups and feel particularly sadistic, look thoughtfully into the distance and enquire: "A hiccup is kind of like a burp in reverse. Imagine what kind of shape you'd be in if you could manage the hiccup version of ...[flatulence]?" Cheers, -- "The soapbox of Gene Spafford" Spaf @ GATech (CS Net) Spaf.GATech @ UDel-Relay (ARPA) School of ICS ...!{sb1, allegra}!gatech!spaf (uucp) Georgia Tech ...!duke!mcnc!msdc!gatech!spaf Atlanta, GA 30332