{"id":1485,"date":"2014-12-11T11:17:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T19:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2014-12-12T20:06:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T04:06:36","slug":"hiccups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/hiccups\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiccups"},"content":{"rendered":"

I heard a podcast on This American Life<\/em> the other day in which the theme was “magic words.” It got me to thinking about a “magic” cure for the hiccups that I learned about from a coworker about 35 years ago. It is truly magic, because it works 90% of the time, and that’s a pretty good record! (Disclaimer: I don’t use this remedy on myself, because for some reason I almost never hiccup more than 3 times in a row, a phenomenon that drives other hiccuppers crazy.)<\/p>\n

Equipment: One small (juice size) glass or plastic cup, a clean handkerchief, a rubber band (optional), invisible magic powder<\/p>\n

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One should always carry the invisible magic powder in one’s pocket or purse so that it is handy should a nearby child get the hiccups!<\/p>\n

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Method: Fill the cup 1\/2-3\/4 full with water. Take a pinch of invisible magic powder from your pocket and sprinkle it in the cup. Cover the cup with the handkerchief and hold it there with a rubber band if available. The person with the hiccups should wave their hand over the cup and exclaim the magic words.* Drink the entire cup of water through the handkerchief. Viola! \u00a0The hiccups will disappear!<\/p>\n

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*We have variously used “Abracadabra,” “A-la peanut butter sandwich” and others. any authentic<\/span> magic words seem to work.<\/p>\n

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