Hiccups Cure

Follow this procedure and you WILL stop ANY hiccups.

This takes a little discipline and you will experience some minor discomfort, but it
will work.  The whole procedure should take around two minutes.

1. Exhale fully and hold your breath until panic starts to set in.
   
2. Take a small gulp of air, only enough to relieve the panic feeling.
   
3. Hold your breath until the panic feeling returns.
   
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until your lungs are full.
   
5. Your hiccups are now gone unless you cheated.
   

Disclaimer:  I am an engineer, not a doctor.  The procedure above is the result
of analyzing the multitude of folklore solutions like drinking a glass of water
without breathing, or breathing into a paper bag.  It is my theory that hiccups are
the symptom of a blood gas imbalance, too much O2 relative to CO2.  All of the
folklore solutions address this, but my procedure is quicker, more certain, and
does not require any props.

Good luck