RE: [Harp-L] Alas & alack...

[Steve Shaw <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> With age, I have noticed that it is becoming 
> harder & harder to drink a glass of water 
> whilst standing on one's head.
> 
> I realise that my stage act will suffer, 
> but, 
> does anyone have a reliable cure for hiccoughs?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> M(h)ox

 

Drink a glass of water very slowly, with tiny little gulps about three seconds apart. You have to do this without breathing so that your epiglottis is kept shut.  Once you've spanned two or three hiccups'-worth of time you'll be cured.

 

Steve Shaw

 		 	   		  
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