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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
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Posted: Thu Jun  9 18:28:02 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 06:39:01 EDT
Organization: Georgia Tech, School of ICS
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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...

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"

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