Say Cucumber

[CrazyKell]

Don't ask me how this works. It's like some strange voodoo magic.

I'm at work and I got the hiccups. A girl at a desk near mine says "Say cucumber." I said it and voila! no more hiccups!

:scratch:

[HurricaneHeather]

Yep. Voodoo. It's gotta be.

My husband claims that hiccups are 100% voluntary because he never gets them. I am trying to find a way to prove him wrong. I have tried thus far in vain.

[Rider]

Carrots give me hiccups every time I eat them so I doubt the are "Voluntary".

[pauldun170]

I used to be able to get rid of my wifes hiccups by saying...
"You're Pregnant"

That was before we had kids

[HurricaneHeather]

Carrots give me hiccups every time I eat them so I doubt the are "Voluntary".

Yeah, I get them all the time for all sorts of reasons. But he NEVER gets them. EVER. I need to call his mom and ask him if he got em as a baby. Maybe he's like Bruce Willis in Unbreakable or something. :lol:

[CrazyKell]

Weird. I know people who never get them either and then some people get them all the time.

I also know a woman who cannot burp. Just simply cannot and does not burp. :scratch: :eek:

I, on the other hand, burp constantly. It's ridiculous. I mean, it's a joke with all my friends because I can't really help it but.....seriously I sound like a trucker!

[Sean]

I also know a woman who cannot burp. Just simply cannot and does not burp. :scratch: :eek:


Me neither.

That means I fart a whole lot.

[karl_1052]

Kell, what is it with you and cucumbers this week?:?:

[CrazyKell]

Kell, what is it with you and cucumbers this week?:?:

What can I say....it's been a real pickle of a week! ;)

[ontwo]

The only thing that works for me is to drink out of the opposite side of a glass

[HurricaneHeather]

The only thing that works for me is to drink out of the opposite side of a glass

I still have no idea what this means. I thought it was a joke to try and get me to spill water on myself. I don't get it. :lol:

[CrazyKell]

Like this.

[the chi]

I nominate that for POTM. Awesome.

[ontwo]

That's it!!

[Gas Man]

You guys are crazy. Seriously?

[HokieDNA01]

I have always used the sugar trick and think it works great (and is less messy than the upside down water thing). Just eat a packet or spoon of sugar. Hiccups gone! Grandma told me that one.

And I do not burp either. Once and a blue moon a small one will slip but not often. I wish I could burp more...I would be able to drink beer with out feeling horribly bloated.

[CrazyKell]

And I do not burp either. Once and a blue moon a small one will slip but not often. I wish I could burp more...I would be able to drink beer with out feeling horribly bloated.

Beer and Diet coke, my two favourite things but holy crap do they make me burp!

[azoomm]

I also know a woman who cannot burp. Just simply cannot and does not burp. :scratch: :eek:

I can't.

[HurricaneHeather]

I can't.

I don't get it. How do you not burp? That sounds painful.

[HokieDNA01]

I don't get it. How do you not burp? That sounds painful.

It is!

[Sean]

I don't get it. How do you not burp? That sounds painful.

It goes out the other end.

[CrazyKell]

Can you make yourself burp?

[azoomm]

I don't get it. How do you not burp? That sounds painful.

:lol: It just IS, I've never known any different and am just not a gassy person :idk: My daughter, on the other hand, does sound worse than a trucker...

[HokieDNA01]

Can you make yourself burp?

Nope..I can swallow all the air I can and it will not come back up. I have tried for years as a child and was pissed that everyone else could be vile but choice and I couldn't.

[CrazyKell]

I'm not proud of this fact. But at my last school we had a diet coke/coke burp off every lunch hour with the staff.

There were a few of us that had a DC or coke every lunch. Over the course of that hour it would always degrade into a competition to see who could let the biggest belch out.

Every lunch hour I won save for a couple. Every lunch hour.

Always funny to see the look of shock on supply teacher's faces when we forgot they were there.

I should mention that none of this went on until more experienced, less laid back staffers had left the room.

[Sean]

Can you make yourself burp?

Nope!

Occasionally--very rarely--a little tiny one comes out of nowhere and comes out in the middle of a sentence.

[karl_1052]

I'm not proud of this fact. But at my last school we had a diet coke/coke burp off every lunch hour with the staff.

There were a few of us that had a DC or coke every lunch. Over the course of that hour it would always degrade into a competition to see who could let the biggest belch out.

Every lunch hour I won save for a couple. Every lunch hour.

Always funny to see the look of shock on supply teacher's faces when we forgot they were there.

I should mention that none of this went on until more experienced, less laid back staffers had left the room.

:luvu:

[the chi]

I'm not proud of this fact. But at my last school we had a diet coke/coke burp off every lunch hour with the staff.

There were a few of us that had a DC or coke every lunch. Over the course of that hour it would always degrade into a competition to see who could let the biggest belch out.

Every lunch hour I won save for a couple. Every lunch hour.

Always funny to see the look of shock on supply teacher's faces when we forgot they were there.

I should mention that none of this went on until more experienced, less laid back staffers had left the room.


If its any consolation to you, I did the same thing as a kid with about the same results. I can belch like a trucker, sometimes its unexpected but most times I can control it. Its way worse when I drink soda, my hubby laughs at the results. I cant imagine not being able to burp horribly uncomfortable.

[Homeslice]

Got your cucumber right here.

[LittleTaz]

I could always get rid of other people's hiccups by saying I'd give them a quarter if they would hiccup again in the next 60 seconds. Never had to pay yet.

[Dave]

i hold my breath. works everytime

[Avatard]

All this talk of cucumbers, and I'm reminded of a joke.

Woman walks into supermarket, picks up a large cucumber, and a family size jar of Vaseline.

Know what she got the Vaseline for?

99 cents.

[Particle Man]

All this talk of cucumbers, and I'm reminded of a joke.

Woman walks into supermarket, picks up a large cucumber, and a family size jar of Vaseline.

Know what she got the Vaseline for?

99 cents.

:lol: nice

[racedoll]

Never heard of cucumbers getting rid of hiccups, but whatever works.
I try to think of the first present I opened for Christmas or some event. This works on others too, but they have to be focused on that or it doesn't work.
I belch pretty good if I've drank pop. I don't get the hiccups that often but if I do, I force a burp and they go away.

[OneNotSoSickPsycho]

I just take a deep breath, take a mouthful of water, and swallow it upside down...works everytime.

I've never heard of the cucumber thing, but when I would have to sneeze really bad, my sister would say "watermelon" and my sneeze would go away everytime...it would piss me off...

[fasternyou929]

I have always used the sugar trick and think it works great (and is less messy than the upside down water thing). Just eat a packet or spoon of sugar. Hiccups gone! Grandma told me that one.Same here, never fails.

IAnd I do not burp either. Once and a blue moon a small one will slip but not often. I wish I could burp more...I would be able to drink beer with out feeling horribly bloated.And here we part ways.... :lol:

I just take a deep breath, take a mouthful of water, and swallow it upside down...works everytime.

I've never heard of the cucumber thing, but when I would have to sneeze really bad, my sister would say "watermelon" and my sneeze would go away everytime...it would piss me off...I'm like that too. If someone says "bless you" as I'm just taking a deep breath to sneeze, I lose it. Pisses me right off! :lol:

[Gas Man]

Yeah its a house rule. Don't mess with the sneezes!