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Attack on the Street: The Cure for Hiccups

In this week's Attack on the Street, the feature where we ask friendly Washingtonians one of our burning questions, we find out what is your patented cure for the hiccups. Some of the answers will surprise you!

By Emily Leaman ,   Jesseka Kadylak   Published Friday, September 05, 2008

Do you have your own special cure for the hiccups? Let us know it in the comments below!

Comments


Peanut butter absolutely works for even tough cases of hiccups, even from wine , which are the toughest, in my experience, to cure. One tablespoon, and it’s does the job quickly.

Posted by: steve thurmon, Oct 30, 2008 07:35:22 PM

Sit the person down and ask them to name every food and drink they had in the last 24 hours. Most of the time, people think so hard that they forget they had the hiccups!

Posted by: Carlos, Sep 05, 2008 03:51:54 PM

I got the hiccups walking home from work yesterday after we taped this video. I thought it was incredibly ironic. I wanted to try the sugar thing, but the hiccups were cured before I was near a sweet ’n low or anything. Oh well. Next time!

Posted by: Emily at Washingtonian.com, Sep 05, 2008 11:20:29 AM

Offer the hiccup-er $50 to stop hiccuping within the next five minutes. Make sure they take you seriously. Five minutes later, the hiccups are gone, and all you have to do is explain you were lying about the $50 :)

Posted by: Catherine, Sep 05, 2008 09:04:48 AM

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