Here... drink some water, it will help.
 

No, it won't.

I just realized that when you're CHOKING (haha, go ahead, tease me) on something (when something 'goes down the wrong tube') that it is because something went down your wind pipe. Drinking water cannot solve this because it will not go down your windpipe, and if somehow you do manage to get it down there... ya water in your lungs will help. What I was wondering is, what other stupid things like this have you heard that are totally fictional? For example, my sisters friend swears that if you say 'pineapple' three times in a row quickly when you feel like you have to sneeze, it will go away. Or, drinking water upside down will cure hiccups. Let's hear what you've run into.

A friend of mine swears that a spoonful of maple syrup will cure her hiccups, I'm not buying it though. I also don't believe the theory that sticking your pinky finger in your ear while you drink the glass of water cure the hiccups. That one came from my mother.

Why are they all about hiccups with me?

I like to drink water when I joke.

Not all of us can be ventriloquists!

but what if you're a fish? WATER IS ALWAYS IN YOUR LUNGS

Hahaha i didn't realize the typo, or was it a typo?

Fish don't have lungs. :mad:

Yes yes yes, it was a typo. I'm very auditory... I make typos like that all the time because I hear the word in my head and type a similar one.

I do the same thing man. :) No worries.

I've heard that if you have hiccups, holding your breath and then getting run over by a car/horse-drawn carriage will cure it. (apparently only those 2 work properly)

I tried it. It works!

I've learned two methods of getting rid of hiccups.

1. Hold your breath for 15 seconds and then breathe in until it hurts. For me, it's worked on certain occasions.

2. Eat a spoonful of sugar. This one has ironically worked for me whenever I'm near sugar. Otherwise, I'm forced to go for method number one.

tapping the lid of a soda can will prevent it from fizzing when you pop the top. actually, doing this will only cause more carbonation to be released...plz someone stop the madness..

also, using capitals is for sluts and losers :) thats a fact !

Sorry, but your statement is factually wrong. When you choke on something, it can go down EITHER your oesophagus, OR your trachea. If it went down your oesophagus, drinking water may indeed help, although eating dry bread can be better if it's a sharp object (e.g. a fishbone) that is stuck in your throat. If it went down your trachea, though, you're right, drinking water wouldn't help at all.

I read a book which said that drinking a glass of water with a knife in it will cure a hiccup. Never tried it though; the book urged on using a big kitchen knife which can tear any lips into nothing but flabby fat meat chunks.

Funnier than all is the legend about death after hiccuping 100 times. It's not true, is it?

Interesting, thanks for clearing that up. How often do things accidently go down the Trachea, obviously you cant provide a number for me, but is it rare?