How do YOU get rid of hiccups?

France
January 28, 2009 2:25pm CST
I just drank a swig of beer and now I have the hiccups. I rarely get them but when I do I have a hard time getting rid of them! How do YOU get rid of hiccups?
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@proudnana (192)
• Canada
28 Jan 09
Don't laugh, but this was told to me by a co worker. She's always coming up with some kind of crazy ideas such as this and i completely shrug her off but this time i listened to her and it DOES work.. All you have to do is say the word PICKLES out loud. There is something about saying Pickles out loud that makes the hiccups go a way..Now every time i get the hiccups I revert to this simple and yet effective little remedy. ~proudnana~
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@Valenas (1507)
• United States
28 Jan 09
I laughed, but not at your friend. It seems weird, but I can see myself trying this next time. I think I will, just to see how personally effective it might be for me (or perhaps it may have a placebo effect by me just thinking it could be effective, but that would be nice too because then my hiccups would be gone). Thank you for sharing this funny remedy~!
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
28 Jan 09
Usually if I breath into a small paper bag it stops for me. It's has something to do with carbon dioxide. Hope you have a bag, don't use plastic, and that this works for you.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
23 Feb 09
I hope that best response means you got over your problem Thanks
• United States
29 Jan 09
This is going to sound a little odd, but the only thing that helps me get rid of the hiccups is a tablespoon full of sugar. I used to have a problem with hiccups, i would get them all the time and nothing i tried would help and i tried a lot of crazy and not so crazy things, but the only thing that would help is the sugar. Now if i could just figure out a way to stop sneezing i would be all set.
@delkar (1712)
• Romania
28 Jan 09
It`s very easy . You just need a glass of water, normal temperature, like tha water you frink every day. So, drink a glass of whater, and now, what`s the most important, you must drink it without air. I mean, you must drink it in small moughts, but without air, in or out. and after that, please, don`t laugh, because the hiccup will be back.
@W3YL1N (117)
• Canada
28 Jan 09
To cure the hiccups you can hold your breath or you take a huge sip of water and drink it all at once. This cures the hiccups when i have it.
• Puerto Rico
29 Jan 09
Yeah, hiccups are no good. What I do is take a full glass of water and drink the whole glass while at the same time I hold my breath. It usually works on the first try. The next time you get the hiccups, try it. But hey, I have a question, why is it that we get hiccups anyway??
@Valenas (1507)
• United States
28 Jan 09
Hiccups suck! I also have a hard time getting rid of them when I get a full blown case of them. Sometimes I just hiccup once and they go away. I usually try to hold my breath because for some reason, it works for me. My easiest method of getting rid of them is to just forget about them. Eventually they go away on their own for me.