3/29/2011 – What's your hiccup cure?

At dinner Dima was still hiccuping. It started in the morning and turned up with some strange consistency every couple of hours. We tried to stop it in every which way we knew:

• We tried to scare the heck out of him.
  
  


That didn't work…


• We made him drink water with tiny little sips.
  
  


Fine, it wasn't vodka that we made him drink, but that didn't work either…


• We tried to make him drink water backwards.
  
  But I guess nobody can do it better than Tanya…
  
  
• We made him hold his breath.
  
  
But I guess nobody can do it better than me…

"Fine, - Shane stood up all of a sudden. – It's time for my father's cure." We all stopped laughing and fell silent – he looked pretty darn serious and determined. "Stand up, - he commanded Dima. He put his both hands forward as if to play this game when you try to hit each other with the palms of your hands. – Put your hands on top of mine." Hesitantly, Dima stood up and put his hands on top of Shane's. "Now look directly into my eyes, preferably without blinking." In total disbelief, Dima did what he was told. We all waited for Shane's next command, but it never followed. And thus they stood for a good 2-3 minutes. Absorbed by this unexpected seen, we kind of forgot what was the reason for it, when Shane brightly announced, "That's it, dude, your hiccups are gone!" Puzzling…

P.S. If you know me well, you'll be expecting some research on hiccup remedies. And I'm not going to disappoint you – click here for some tips on how to cure this little nuisance.