[ExI] hiccups

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Subject: [ExI] hiccups

 

I had then four times today - dunno why.  Finally I went online and found a new remedy - or new to me:

 

Get a cloth and hold your tongue until it hurts pretty good.  Stopped the hiccups immediately.  Good to know.

 

bill w 

 

 

 

I used to get them occasionally but they went away by themselves.  Exactly once in my life I had them so bad they hurt.  It went on for hours.  

 

I tried all the known remedies (this was about 30 yrs ago before the internet was a thing.)  Finally called my mother, she said get a type of cocktail mixer called bitters, pour a little in a saucer, cut a lemon in half, put the lemon cut-side down in the bitters then suck the lemon.

 

I went to the liquor store first and was going out toward the grocery store to get the lemon when I decided to try just tasting the bitters. I took in only a few drops and oh it was awful but the hiccups were gone instantly.  Never came back, never had them since, not even once.  That few drops of bitters stopped the hiccups forever.

 

spike

 

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