Hiccups Symphony in E Minor
Posted by: leodini on: March 2, 2007
Florida teenager Jennifer Mee finally cured her endless hiccups after five weeks of suffering.
With what she cured it is not clear. Had she paid attention to the medicines and nostrums she had taken over the last several weeks, she could have identified the remedy and be easily on her merry way to wealth.
One of the great mysteries of the ages, the hiccups have big potentials as a moneymaker. They have baffled both the medical and quack doctors since Adam and Eve brought forth to this world their first baby. The hiccups’ cure is as baffling as their cause. Nobody knows exactly what these are.
That being the case, hundreds of hiccups-afflicted people from all over the world would have formed a beeline for the home of 15-year-old Jennifer Mee. Each one of them has only one urgent purpose in mind, namely, to extract from her the mysterious cure.
The line would stretch for several blocks and attract the attention of TV stations and music studios. It would be a multi-media event, as a gaggle of hiccups sufferers are known to play the Symphony of Hiccups in E minor. It would surely be a visual and aural treat never before beamed on households or captured on MP3.
That Jennifer Mee endured five weeks of hiccups attack does not testify to her (or her parents’) level of resourcefulness. Her mother appeared on NBC’s Today show seeking help from viewers.
On her part, Jennifer tried all sorts of cures. According to the report, “She sipped pickle juice, held her breath, breathed into a bag.” She even reportedly saw an “infectious disease specialist, a neurologist, a chiropractor, a hypnotist and an acupuncturist. She tried a patented device that is designed to stop hiccups, plus all the old remedies.”
Her big mistake? She failed to consult me.
As a Filipino magician, I know more than a dozen remedies for the hiccups. I even wrote a blog about it titled 14 Ways to Cure the Hiccups.
For hiccups sufferer who have long been looking for cures, I revealed several known and unknown remedies here.
Some of these cures work like magic. Some have doubtful efficacy. And the rest are so outlandish you’ll laugh out so loud and gasp for air.
Gasping for air sometimes cures the hiccups, so laughable remedies can be helpful also…
Try these cures at your own risk. And remember, I’m a Filipino magician, not a miracle worker.
Stay magical,
Leodini
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“hiccup.” The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 02 Mar. 2007. http://www.answers.com/topic/hiccup
