Hiccup cure

I was just going through an hour-long hiccup session, and I finally decided to do the classic Foley hiccup cure. And it worked like a charm. We’ve been doing this for years.

Pour an 8 ounce glass of water.

Put a pencil, or pen across your mouth, like you were biting it.

Drink the whole glass of water.

I have never had this fail, including my hiccup session a few minutes ago. We didn’t invent this, but I can’t remember where I heard it from. Perhaps a ‘Dear Helloise” column from the 70’s.

But it works.