my cure, which has never once failed me, is to take as deep a breath as you can, hold it, don't let it out yet, take a further deep breath, keep repeating till you can't breath in any more. then let it out slowly, and in spurts. all this is done through the mouth.

I hope you are fine this morning. I hate the hiccups. Will have to try Andrew's cure next time.

But I bet the fall was damn funny since you were drinking

My sure fire, never fail cure is to drink a full glass of water, non stop, holding your nose closed, and someone else holding your ears shut
(pressing the ear lobe over the the canal opening). Looks goofy, but it works.

Very similar, Sue. I put my thumbs in my ears and extend my fingers around to pinch my nose shut with my pinkies. Put a straw in a deep glass of water and drink until you have to come up for air.

I had a teacher in high school who, whenever someone in his class got the hiccups, would proclaim that the hiccups had startled him, and insist the student warn him before the next hiccup.

The student would then concentrate on feeling the hiccup coming on... and it never would. Worked every time.

I tried it on my mom once when she had a particularly insistent case of the hiccups, and what I got from her was a series of half-warnings before the actual (really loud) hiccup emerged: "hic-HICCUP!!!!!"

I've gotten to where I can usually relax my own diaphragm by concentrating like my teacher's trick made us do, within 3 or 4 hiccups. It's pretty spiffy. :)

Sue's method is the one I've always used - generally works!

Why are ya'll trying to get rid of hiccups?

I think they are very funny and when I get them I usually walk around the office hiccuping real loud, gets a chuckle out of people and some good comments.

Because, Machelle, I don't like it when the neighbors call the fire department, the police department, and animal control to my house to investigate the strange noises that are echoing around the neighborhood...

I find that waiting for the next hiccup helps. Just stop what you are doing, sit or stand there, and wait to hiccup again. Thank goodness I don't have to do that very often.

"hang at your waist upside down, and swallow."

Have you ever thought about a career in Marriage Guidance counselling?