Think of blue and you'll stop hiccuping

Tonight I had a good dose of the hiccups. I was hiccuping every 10 or 15 seconds. Weird stuff.

The oldest daughter told me, "think of blue and you'll stop hiccuping".

I looked at her trying to process exactly how thinking about blue would help the situation when I realized the hiccup attack had stopped. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't force another one out. Then I tried to stop thinking of blue which was even bloody harder.

So I was sitting there looking stupidly at her trying to decide if I should tell her that that was the stupidest thing I'd ever heard, but was living proof it was a cure.

Give it a try next time you be hiccuping. Google doesn't suggest it's a commonly known cure, but the daughter swears by it.

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Mike got married (to Kat), I took some photos and then potatoshopped the life out of one of them.

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Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 9:07 pm
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Years ago a little totty I worked with said that the next time I hiccupped, she would get her nogs out. Bugger me if that wasn't a mighty fine opportunity. Couldn't squeeze one out thought. Curiously, I can't get the same result when I offer to get mine out for someone.
Btw, what the daughter asking you about the colour blue or your mother-in-law?
Rik @ Thursday, September 13, 2007, 8:12 am
It works though!
sarah @ Thursday, September 13, 2007, 3:57 pm
i used to have to drink a carbonated drink upside down to get rid of my hiccups...it was the only thing that worked. after reading this post i tried thinking about blue and surprisingly it worked... and even better...it continues to work so my consumption of carbonated drinks (except champagne, of course!) has been eliminated. :)
Karen @ Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 3:41 pm

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