Hic!

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 28 Jul 2007, 15:32

At the end of an evening's boozing, I always get the hiccups for some reason. My cure is usually to stick a finger in each ear, and a finger over each nostril, then drink heartily from the nearest glass. But last night even that didn't work, and I hiccupped all the way home. Mrs Hatstand complained that my hiccups had awakened her from her slumbers because she could hear me hiccuping up the stair.

Does anyone have any suggestions for hardcore bouts of hiccups? How does one prevent oneself getting the hiccups?* What's the longest you've ever hiccupped for?

Let's all share our hiccuping stories, and help Portobello become a hiccup-free place.

*apart from stopping boozing, obviously.

ali · Post by **ali** » 28 Jul 2007, 15:34

stop boozing................

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 28 Jul 2007, 15:37

ali wrote:stop boozing................

Due to your ridiculous suggestion, I have edited my original post (see above).

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 28 Jul 2007, 15:43

I'm sure I read somewhere that having an orgasm cures the hiccups.
It would take your mind of them for a wee while anyway.

ali · Post by **ali** » 28 Jul 2007, 15:44

Alright, how about trying some cinnamon-vanilla flavoured cat-pee tea before you go out? Seems to work for the girls around here..........(and Bob).

ali · Post by **ali** » 28 Jul 2007, 15:46

ecm wrote:I'm sure I read somewhere that having an orgasm cures the hiccups.
It would take your mind of them for a wee while anyway.

He tried that..........well he was in the loo for about 4 minutes if I remember rightly thru the haze.

ali · Post by **ali** » 28 Jul 2007, 15:49

Nelson Hatstand wrote:
Let's all share our hiccuping stories, and help Portobello become a hiccup-free place.

At last - a positive campaign story for the Evening News. P-HIC
Whaur's yer Caroline Hoskins now, eh??

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 28 Jul 2007, 16:46

I feel for you Hatters, I get that too.

The only thing is to lie down flat on my back.

Over the years I've had them so bad when trying to get home from being on the peeve that I have lain down in some odd places.

I don't get them with real ale, this is why I love to drink real ale. Cider, bottled beer, or beer with a meal is a recipe for hiccups for me.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 28 Jul 2007, 17:29

ali wrote:
ecm wrote:I'm sure I read somewhere that having an orgasm cures the hiccups.
It would take your mind of them for a wee while anyway.
He tried that..........well he was in the loo for about 4 minutes if I remember rightly thru the haze.

...4 minutes...was there a queue

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 28 Jul 2007, 17:51

I get hiccups after eating ice cream, don't know about getting them after drinking tho

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 28 Jul 2007, 19:07

Drink from the other side of a glass, usually works for me.....and plenty of amusement for anyone watching you try the feat....

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 30 Jul 2007, 18:51

My daughter hiccuped for about the last 3 months of my pregnancy

. Very weird feeling!

When I was a young thing working amid hordes of male Police officers one cure for my hiccups was for one of them to rub my face in his hairy chest

. It worked every time - and then I was sick.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 30 Jul 2007, 19:11

Epykat wrote:
When I was a young thing working amid hordes of male Police officers one cure for my hiccups was for one of them to rub my face in his hairy chest . It worked every time - and then I was sick.

What happened if one of them got the hiccups?

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 30 Jul 2007, 19:12

Dadaist wrote:
Epykat wrote:
When I was a young thing working amid hordes of male Police officers one cure for my hiccups was for one of them to rub my face in his hairy chest . It worked every time - and then I was sick.
What happened if one of them got the hiccups?

I left work early

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