This post was brought to you by the hiccups

Yup I have the hiccups, & I just don't have the energy for this right now, I just can't handle the hiccups. So here are some home remedies from wikipedia, I will mock them at the end of the list.

Psychosomatic

* Distraction from one's hiccup (e.g. being startled, asked a perplexing question, or counting in reverse from 100 down)
* Concentration on one's hiccup

Swallowing

* Swallowing three times while holding one's breath
* Eating particular foods
* Drinking a glass of water using various methods
* Swallowing a teaspoon of vinegar in one gulp
* Eating an ice cube
* Allowing a spoonful of sugar to dissolve on the back of one's tongue
* Drinking a glass of water with a spoon touching one's temple.

Respiratory

* Breathing slowly and deeply in while thinking 'breathing out' and breathing slowly and fully out while thinking 'breathing in'
* Holding one's breath while optionally squeezing one's stomach
* Breathing deeply through the nose, then exhaling slowly through the mouth
* Exhaling all the air from one's lungs and holding one's breath while swallowing water or saliva
* Blowing up a balloon
* Inducing sneezing
* Take a nap

* A combination of two home remedies - drinking and holding one's breath.

Instructions: fill a cup of water; drink slowly while blocking your nasal airway with your other hand. This creates a sensation of drowning and will cause the hiccup to stop in most people.

A sense of drowning? Yeah, that sounds terribly healthy. You know the whole sugar idea was invented by a kid "Yeah mom I'm supposed to eat sugar". I've been through pretty much this whole list today, except the blowing up a balloon. The only one that I know works is the knife at the temple while drinking a glass of water. Why don't I try it? Simply because that's an accident waiting to happen, & the ER doctor would laugh at me.