March 26, 2008 | Posted at 11:00 AM

My Thought...And I Do Have One

HICCUPS

There is no cure for hiccups. You’ve just gotta wait and eventually they’ll go away. That strategy also works on Christmas carolers and static cling. The most popular cure is to hold your breath. But who wants to look like a blowfish? Some other supposed hiccup cures are drinking from the other side of the cup, swallowing granulated sugar, standing on your head… I just want to cure my hiccups, not join a fraternity. Another cure is to drink something really fast. I tried that once and it worked for a while but by the time I finished my box of wine, I had the hiccups again.

Hiccups are so Irregular, just when you think they’re gone, they come back. …It’s just like Freddy Krueger. Whenever you have the hiccups, everyone wants to try their cure on you. Suddenly, you’re their guinea pig. “Now hold your breath, now hop on one foot, now hold this broom over your head.” And you just want to say, “Look officer, did you pull me over for speeding or to cure my hiccups?” The worst thing is when people try to scare the hiccups out of you. A shrieking figure in a rubber mask jumps out from behind a door and starts shaking you. Sure it works, you get rid of the hiccups but you end up covered in hot coffee. “Thanks Mama, but next time, make sure I’m not holding anything.”

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When I was in middle school my music teacher got rid of my hiccups in a neat way. I use it every time now to help OTHERS get rid of hiccups and it usually works!! When someone else has the hiccups...get out a quarter (for a kid) make it more money for an adult like a dollar!! then hold it up...show it to them and say "Hiccup again and I will give you this quarter/dollar!! They wait and sit there looking around waiting for it and about 95% of the time it WORKS!! HEHE!! It only works for me if I truly belive the other person will give me the money. If my hubby does it he has to offer me more like 5 dollars HAHA!

Posted by Tracy | April 12, 2008 11:04 AM

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Well im not a doctor, but i think i know the reason you get hiccups is because air gets trapped somewhere in our ridiculous bodies. I dont know that there is any certain way to get rid of those obnoxious hiccidy hizzicups....except creating your posture. Thats why people on here have mentioned offering a $100....if someone offers me a hundo i might stand up alittle straighter, or drinking from the wrong side of a cup....dont know if this helps anyone.
peace
love
chicken grease

Posted by nick Mcgeary | April 8, 2008 4:25 PM

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Is this about that girl who has "meeps".

Posted by Diana | April 2, 2008 8:20 AM

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Do you want a guaranteed way to get rid of hic-cups. It has worked EVERY single time for me!!! This is guaranteed! Do you want to know?? I bet you do!!! Well this is what you do, its very simple. Just get out the JIFFY peanut butter, yes I said it, PEANUT BUTTER. And then get out a big ole spoon. Dig into the peanut butter and get a big ole spoonful and eat the whole spoonful. NO WATER!!! until you are all done eating the big ole spoon of peanut butter, and your hic-cups will be gone.

Please email me and let me know if it worked for you!
angelajohnson1972@hotmail.com
THANKS!!

Posted by angela | March 27, 2008 2:02 PM

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Works everytime!
Get a tall glass of water. Have someone stand behind you and hold your ears closed - drink entire glass of water while your ears are being held closed. Okay you can let go of the ears now that you are done with the water....viola...hiccups are also gone!

Try it - it really does work!

P.S. Love your show - only get to watch clips online as I work everyday but I always take time at lunch to read you!


Posted by Salli | March 27, 2008 10:13 AM

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I was told that when you hiccup, your heart skips a beat and that that is the ony time your heart get any rest:)
Vicki

Posted by Vicki Kueneman | March 27, 2008 7:59 AM

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I had the hiccups during my Dutch oral exam in highschool (I'm Dutch and live in Holland), it was great!
It's just a matter of perception, when you think about it. I had half an hour to talk but the hiccups took about 10 minutes away, so yay! I ended up having to make up only 20 minutes of boring summaries. The books we had to read weren't thát interesting to me, but well, I passed.

Most times they are just annoying though, and you're quite right. Nothing réally helps. When I hold my breath I feel like my head is going to explode (I'm pretty sure I look like it too) every time a hiccup comes.

What réally isn't such a good idea, by the way, is smoking during the hiccups, I can tell you that. Or singing. Or making out. Or cycling through a swarm of mosquitoes. Or having heart surgery, I guess... Hmm. Wonder if that ever happens.

Anyway, good luck with your next hiccups! You can always tell people with 'good' advice to do everything you're supposed to do with you, because you heard that really réally helps. Could be a lot of fun when there are several people telling you what to do in a room. Or even better, a bus!

Frederiek, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Posted by Frederika | March 27, 2008 6:29 AM

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Hi Ellen,

Well what has always worked for me is to hold my breath and then swallow 5 times without taking in any air.. Sure fire way to cure the problem.

Posted by Martha | March 27, 2008 5:05 AM

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Hi Ellen
My name is Alexis and I'm a nurse in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My friends and I have sent a scrapbook to you that shows our lives as nurses and best friends. We put this together so you could get to know us and then you would want us in your audience during Nurses week May 12-18th. I hope to hear from you once you've received the scrapbook. Thanks so much for your time and I hope you enjoy our book,
Love,
The Best Nurses Ever!!!

Posted by Alexis Desautels | March 27, 2008 2:49 AM

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There exist persons who have hiccups, which don´t stop anymore...That must be terrible. In germany recently there was a guy at the Talkshow (Johannes B. Kerner) who was one of them. With the help of his doctor he got a pacemaker for his breath which sends power through his body. If he switches off that little machine, the hiccups start immediately. What a luck, that he got help.

Posted by Berliner Mädel | March 27, 2008 2:39 AM

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My roommate tried this on me to cure the hiccups - and it really worked.

Anonymous Person: What color is a white rabbit?

Hiccupper: . . . White???????

Anonymous Person: What color are the insides of his ears>

Hiccupper: . . . Uh, Pink?

Anonymous Person: You don't have the hiccups any more, do you?

Hiccupper: Oh, that can't possibly work - wait, I DON'T have the hiccups . . .

Posted by Mollie McCall | March 26, 2008 9:41 PM

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ELLEN!!

I tried this and I don't know if it worked 'cause my diahphram decided it was done spasmming... or 'cause it worked...

Cure:??? who knows:

A) get a glass

B) get a spoon

C) turn water on(room temp)

D) Position glass under water hold spoon under water butt side up letting the water hit the spoon and catch the water that touched the spoon.. ie off spoon into the glass!!! (lost?.. I did.. but read it again!!! LOL)

E) drink water in glass!!!

WHALLA!!!! No more hickups!!!

nighty nite!
I had crab cakes for dinner!! YUMM


Posted by tonya | March 26, 2008 8:08 PM

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Ellen, drink some dill pickle juice to get rid of hiccups.It works!

Posted by Diane | March 26, 2008 7:57 PM

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Ashleigh,

Sounds like a good start. And after Ellen gets her arms extended parallel to the floor, Chris Matthews could walk in and . . . well, at least no more hiccups!

Posted by Karen | March 26, 2008 4:12 PM

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DEAR ELLEN,

I AM THAT LITTLE LADY FROM FRANCE AGAIN.
I AM SO SAD TO NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR SHOW EVERY DAY. I RECEIVED A MESSAGE TO THANK ME OF ENTERING THE SWEEPTAKE TO ATTEND YOUR SHOW AT UNIVERSAL ORLANDO.
MY FIRST MESSAGE SAID THAT I WILL BE EARLY UP AND HOPE TO BE ABLE TO COME TO SEE YOUR SHOW ON THE 29TH, BUT THE DATE HAS CHANGED. I WILL BE GOING ON FRIDAY 28TH.

I HOPE I'LL BE LUCKY TO SEE YOUR UP CLOSE.
SINCERELY YOURS,

ELIANE.

Posted by ELIANE BHATTI | March 26, 2008 4:07 PM

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the best thing for hiccups is sugar

Posted by athena shaw | March 26, 2008 3:23 PM

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I know people who die from hiccups or maybe the hold in the breathe to long

Posted by gerrie van rooij | March 26, 2008 1:59 PM

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Hiccups= Several things to try, what works for me is Drinking a glass of water from a straw while bending over forward. how to do this: Bend over, hold glass with straw below you, then drink the water several times before bending back up, it is a air bubble in your tummy...It really does work. You can also try a spoonful of peanut butter, or table sugar. I hope this helps all the hicccups!
Have a great day!
P>S> ELLEN did you get my package I sent with the bracelet? I never got a email or response back. I bet you get so much fan mail, you should have a segment once a week on just fan mail! I mean REAL mail with postage! Not emails! I bet people mail you stuff all the time, Ellen probably doesn't have time to go through the fan mail, someone does it for her... I bet she never even saw the bracelet!
Have a great day! Great show!
Donna CelestialGal

Posted by Donna Hartman=CelestialGal | March 26, 2008 1:03 PM

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Get someone to hold a glass of water to your mouth, drink it slowly but steadily whislt standing and having your arms outstretched at the sides, parallel to the floor. Hiccups: Gone.

Now, I'm not sure if this entry was purely for commical value or you were really hoping us lovely people would suggest something to help. Either way mission accomplished I'd say.

~ Ashleigh

Posted by Ashleigh Marshall | March 26, 2008 12:35 PM

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Hi Ellen.... there is one cure that always works for me (if I have them or someone else does...). When someone has the hiccups offer them $100 they next time they hiccup... Usually no more hiccups!!

Also, just wanted to tell you I love your show.

Karla
New Brunswick (Canada, not New Jersey)
: )

Posted by Karla | March 26, 2008 12:17 PM

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