WIBCI we were more GRATEFUL?
I know the word is thrown around a lot by many annoying people, but I believe good vibes beget good vibes.
If you find it hard to find something to be grateful for in this toilet bowl of a world, here is one on me:
Be grateful you don’t have Intractable Hiccups.
According to Wikipedia, a HICCUP is: an involuntary contraction (myoclonic jerk) of the diaphragm that may repeat several times per minute. The hiccup is an involuntary action involving a reflex arc. Once triggered, the reflex causes a strong contraction of the diaphragm followed about a quarter of a second later by closure of the epiglottis, a structure inside of the throat, which results in the “hic” sound.
Hiccups can occur in humans at any age, men and women equally, even in utero. Hiccups can also affect rats, cats, dogs, horses, and rabbits. Hiccups normally resolve themselves, but we are not without many ‘home remedies’ like: being scared, headstands, drinking a glass of water upside-down, breathing into a bag, eating peanut butter, sugar on or under the tongue, and my go to: drinking a glass of water after dropping a lit match in it. But medical attention can be necessary for ‘chronic’ hiccups. Intractable Hiccups are hiccups that last longer than a month. Can you imagine? Charles Osbourne can. This Iowa man hiccuped for 68 years. They started in 1922 when he was lifting a pig to be slaughtered, dropped it and fell to the ground. Doctors believes he popped a pin size blood vessel in his brain that inhibits hiccups. Regardless, the Guinness Book record holder hiccuped 20-40 times a minute or an estimated 430 million times before they just stopped in 1990 when he was 96 years old.
He died when he was 97.
Be grateful you don’t have Intractable Hiccups.
Last Updated on 11/17/2025 by Death of Hypatia Inc.
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