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September 19, 2006

Patented Hiccup Reliever - What Will They Think Up Next?

As I was sitting at my desk today, I got the hiccups.

Great. Just perfect. This was ideal timing because a few minutes after I had diagnosed myself with the hiccups, my phone rang. Perfect, now how can I answer the phone professionally and not sound like I’ve had a few too many?

He..(pause)..llo? I lucked out - it was mom. And of course she offered her motherly advice - plug your ears and count to ten. Tried it. Didn’t work. My solution - a spoonful of peanut butter. It worked. Whether or not the peanut butter was the cure, I don’t know, but it was tasty.

So naturally, my curiosity was sparked as to various cures for the hiccups. A quick internet search revealed 249,000 results for a “cure for the hiccups”. Maybe you have even tried some of these creative home remedies. Have you tried standing on your head? Drinking water from the wrong side of a glass? Holding your breath? Or having someone scare you? Maybe not, for fear of embarrassment. But do not fret, there is a new patented device which claims to cure the hiccups. For about $25.00 + shipping you can purchase your very own cure for the hiccups called the Hic-Cup (US Patent No. 7,062,320).

The Hic-Cup is a stainless steel cup with a brass-tipped electrical rod attached. When a person fills the cup with water and drinks from it, the electrical rod rests against the person’s temple and the “Hic-Cup employs the use of natural galvanic action to create a bio-electric therapy that reliably ‘re-sets’ the nerves in the ‘Hiccup Reflexive Arc’.” (www.hic-cups.com) Patently Silly also had a run-in earlier this summer with this device.

Sounds fancy. But does it work? Who knows, but the Hic-Cup does come with a money back guarantee. So at last, there may be a cure to this lifelong annoyance. If you are like my mother-in-law who has every "As Seen on TV" gadget known to man, this may just be one of those gadgets that you simply must try. For me, I think I may just stick with peanut butter.

Posted by Emily E. Campbell at 10:17 AM.
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