# I have hiccups... and so does my cat!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 14, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-hiccups-and-so-does-my-cat/395852 "2007-03-14T04:54:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-hiccups-and-so-does-my-cat/395852/1 "2007-03-14T04:54:47Z")

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I had a late dinner and am drinking a can of Coke. To the best of my knowledge, the cat had nothing but his usual food and water late-night snack. Somehow, we both got the hiccups, and have now been sitting here for the last several minutes, alternating hics - with (so far) two simul-hics that have made me laugh so hard I’ve failed utterly at breath-holding and deep breathing.

help…

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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-hiccups-and-so-does-my-cat/395852/2 "2007-03-14T15:29:51Z")

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So he’s a Copy Cat?

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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-hiccups-and-so-does-my-cat/395852/3 "2007-03-14T19:38:22Z")

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Does the cat think you’re making fun of it when \*\*you \*\* hiccup?

Cat gawps - “Are you teasing me?? I can’t help it, you know!”

Then, he poops on floor under the bed where you’ll smell it but not find it.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-hiccups-and-so-does-my-cat/395852/4 "2007-03-14T19:51:54Z")

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My kitty used to get hiccups all the time when he was still being bottle-fed. We’d laugh so hard at him and then rub his back, and he’d just look so disgruntled and disgusted with us because we couldn’t fix it.