Food for thought.
So we all know that digital rectal massage cures hiccups. The medicos know it, we know it.....hell most of us have probabally tried it.

What I want to know is how was this discovery made? At what point in having hiccups did someone think to themselves, "You know, I could really go for a finger up my bum right about now." Was this someone who was just so in need of sexy time they couldn't even wait for their hiccups to end?

Or was this someone so desparate for the end of their hiccups that they were trying everything they could think of. "Let's see, tickle between my toes. No, hiccups still present. How about lick my knees. Nope, still hiccupping. Hmmm...finger up the bum..... Eureka!"


And how long did this guy (I'm assuming here) sit on the new discovery before embarassingly admitting that he discovered the ultimate cure but, with cheeks aflame, it involves privacy and lube. And how many people dismissed his claim as pure perversion before trying it themselves....only to be far too shame faced to stand up and say, "My name is George and I too find that fingering my bum cures hiccups.....erm..please excuse my erection."

Someone please enlighten me. Just how was this discovery made?
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sat 3 Jan 2009, 22:01, 9 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I think it was discovered the other way around - it wasnt that there existed a problem (hiccups) that needed to be solved and someone experimented until they found a solution (digital rectal insertion). Rather, there was a common pastime (digital rectal insertion) and people noticed that while they had their fingers up their bums they never suffered a specific condition (hiccups).

Interestingly, I have always been an advocate for the pastime as a cure for onychophagia.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 3 Jan 2009, 22:15, Reply)

Eh?
Am I the only person unaware of the "stick yer finger up yer arse" method of hiccup removal? I always used the "drink a glass of water upside down" thing
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 3 Jan 2009, 22:18, Reply)

I didnt know this
I am wary that this may be some sort of devious male trick to play on unsuspecting women. Or men...
(i should have joined myspace, Sat 3 Jan 2009, 22:47, Reply)

Yes Mime,
would be a great cure. However, one would also recommend that your nails be trimmed prior to insertion. Good thought that the discovery was reversed from what I was thinking.

Fredz & Myspace: apparently there was a study published in 2006 stating this is a valid and accurate remedy.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sun 4 Jan 2009, 3:07, Reply)

I was unaware of this remedy also.
But let's face it, to some people any excuse to stick a finger up your bum is a bonus.
( girlinthehole, Sun 4 Jan 2009, 11:06, Reply)

@FWB
Yeah, I've often wondered about what strange person discovered a variety of things, like which prehistoric man (or woman) discovered that you could drink the milk of goats, or cows or whatever? And exactly what did his mates think of him?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sun 4 Jan 2009, 11:22, Reply)

No kidding Fredz
These are the things that keep me awake at night.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sun 4 Jan 2009, 20:51, Reply)

I thought you were pulling my plonker
Turns out it's kosher news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5411816.stm
(SpunkyMcSpunkbubble Diddled your nubbin on, Sun 4 Jan 2009, 23:03, Reply)

@FWB
Glad that's not just me then! That's the trouble with stuff, more you look at it the weirder it gets
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Mon 5 Jan 2009, 7:57, Reply)