hiccups

NurseyK

Awesome. I'm sitting in my favorite coffee shop and I have the hiccups. 

calindi

Deep, slow breaths.  All the tricks out there are just designed to help you control your diaphram.

If you have a friend near you, have them rub your shoulders and neck, and a full backrub is even better (but tough in public).  This stops my guy's hiccups almost instantly every time.  Drink something and try to take a deep breath, then a big sip, and hold it for 5 seconds before swallowing.  Do this a few times, and it should calm down your system.

I HATE hiccups.  Only thing more annoying that my body does is eye twitch.  That's impossible to stop, and lasts for days. 

bourgehm

Oh man, I have an eye twitch too sometimes!! It's so weird and annoying! I feel like everyone can see it, but then when I once said "I'm sorry my eye is twitching around!"  my friends couldnt' even see it twitching. Annoying.

Put a bit of water in your mouth and put your head between your legs standing up and swallow it. Maybe drop somethign on the ground so you have a bend over and pick it up. Then swallow it. That sounds discrete.

NurseyK

Bourgeham... I should try that, I'm sure it would work. But maybe I'll wait until the lunchtime rush is here. For sure it works when there is a big audience, right?

tuarceatha

Confession: I like having the hiccups. Except when they kinda hurt.

Scaring me usually gets rid of them, ask someone nearby to scare you. (Of course that might scare them... )

bsidebella

The only thing that works for me is holding my breath while drinking something - anything. Water, coffee, soda. One of my friends taught me this neat trick, and it's 99% foolproof. Say, "I have the hiccups". Then have someone respond with, "Prove it!"

I swear it gets rid of them when nothing else does.

MLekathLEEN

The best way to get rid of hiccups IMO is to drink 5 or 6 sips of something quickly. I guess you could chug but I usually just do quick sips.