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MikeWaters · 10-06-2006, 04:04 AM

This paper won an Ig Noble.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum

I noticed there was another report of the same occurrence.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum

While it seems sort of funny, intractable hiccups is very serious. It is devastating to the person that gets to them and is known to not rarely end in suicide.

While the choice between suicide and taking it up the a$$ might seem like losing propositions either way, you gotta admit, some would choose the latter.

10-06-2006, 04:04 AM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	The Ig Nobles This paper won an Ig Noble. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum I noticed there was another report of the same occurrence. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum While it seems sort of funny, intractable hiccups is very serious. It is devastating to the person that gets to them and is known to not rarely end in suicide. While the choice between suicide and taking it up the a$$ might seem like losing propositions either way, you gotta admit, some would choose the latter.