Damnit Hick Ups
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From: St. Louis, MO
Originally Posted by joebenz
5 fast gulps of water
or eat some peanut butter
or eat some peanut butter
Originally Posted by jaymar88
Seriously?? Hold some water in your mouth and drink to drink it upsidedown.
It works 100 % guaranteed.
It works 100 % guaranteed.
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From: St. Louis, MO
Originally Posted by CRAIGHIMSELF
I think your shirt my be restricting air. Take it off. Then the flash from a camera is supposed to do the trick.
Pull my finger
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Psychosomatic
Swallowing
Respiratory
Other
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiccups
- Distraction from one's hiccup (e.g. being startled or asked a perplexing question)
- Concentration on one's hiccup (e.g. The least embarrassing way to control hiccups is using a psychosomatic method involving 'waiting' for the next hiccup. The key is to attempt to anticipate the hiccup by counting it aloud just prior to it taking place, the aim is to be saying 'one' just as the hiccup occurs. Practice with this method leads to the situation where one can simply decide not to hiccup anymore.)
- Another distraction based technique is to count in reverse, eg. from 100 down, which requires concentration.
Swallowing
- Swallowing three times (or more) while holding one's breath
- Eating particular foods, such as peanut butter, Fluffernutter sandwich, chocolate, sugar or honey, Lingonberry jam, wasabi, or vinegar
- Eating a spoonful of granulated table sugar (slowly letting it dissolve in mouth)
- Drinking a glass of water through a napkin placed over the glass
- Drinking a glass of water in several small sips
- Drinking a glass of water "from the far side of the glass", i.e. bending over a sink so one's head is upside-down when drinking
- Drinking a full glass of water as loudly, sloppily, and quickly as possibly
- Drinking water while doing a handstand against a wall
- Drinking a glass of water with another's palms against one's ears
- Keep a sip of water in the mouth, one finger in each ear and count to ten, and then swallow.
- Drinking a glass of a carbonated beverage (with salt)
- Gulping down a glass of water while holding one's breath
- Drinking a glass of water while raising the right or left hand
- Drinking several glasses of water
- Eating an ice cube
- Drinking a glass of water with a spoon touching one's temple
- Filling a large glass with water and, taking in a mouthful of the water, while holding the water in one's mouth (without swallowing) tipping one's head all the way back, stretching the throat in the process, then opening the mouth as wide as possible and using the throat muscles to swallow the water, repeating until the entire glass of water is drunk using this method. This will not work as effectively if one's stomach is very full.
- Lighting a match, squelching it in a shot of water (adding sulfur to the water), drinking the water quickly after removing the match.
Respiratory
- Breathing slowly and deeply in while thinking 'breathing out' and breathing slowly and fully out while thinking 'breathing in'.
- Breathing slowly and deeply in and out through the mouth.
- Simply holding one's breath.
- Holding one's breath while optionally squeezing one's stomach.
- Breathing deeply through the nose, then exhaling slowly through the mouth.
- Breathing deeply and instead of exhaling completely, leave air in the lungs.
- Exhaling all the air from one's lungs and holding one's breath while swallowing water or saliva.
- Blowing up a balloon.
- Inducing sneezing.
- Breathing into a paper bag or other sealed container. Only attempt this in severe cases of hiccups that have persisted despite other attempts at cures. Perform this sitting or laying down, and with someone at your side to ensure safety. Stop as soon as you begin to feel lightheaded.
- Belching.
- Sneezing
- Swallowing 8 times without breathing
- Take three sips right side up, hold another sip in ones mouth, relax shoulders, bend in half, legs shoulder width, and swallow. Stand up and avoid conversation until you are sure the hiccups are not back. If they are, repeat until cured.
- Take a common lemon wedge, and coat one side in sugar. Then add a few drops of angostura bitters to the sugar coated side, and eat the lemon(minus the peel). Classic bar remedy.
Other
- For babies, hiccups are usually immediately stopped by the suckling reflex, either by breastfeeding or simply by insertion of a finger or bottle teat into the baby's mouth.
- For some, vomiting is a direct albeit unpleasant solution.
- Burping is also a good method for some, and usually ends the hiccups immediately.
- Saying the ABC's and taking a sip of water for every letter in the alphabet.
- By simply waiting until the hiccups subside.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiccups
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Originally Posted by HawtPants
i thought you meant damnit hick UPS delivery man 
Ditto.
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