# My epiglottis is malfunctioning.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 22, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-epiglottis-is-malfunctioning/77488 "2001-08-22T04:33:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-epiglottis-is-malfunctioning/77488/1 "2001-08-22T04:33:03Z")

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Yes–I’ve been suffering from a case of hiccup.

That’s right, Hiccup. Singular.

I have this strange control over my body–whenever a case of hiccups comes on–I can always stop it after one hiccup. It’s my freaky mutant power. I am God of the Epiglottis! Ph34R Me!!!111, or something.

But I’ve noticed today that there is one thing which is -consistently- giving me hiccup! Pepsi! This confuses me. This has never happened to me in the past. I take a swig of my bouncy, bubbly beverage, and I’ve barely gotten the stuff down past my throat before it just pops out!

_HIC!_

Darn you, Pepsi! I was willing to try your Crystal-Clear-Beverage, and I stood by faithfully when you released Pepsi One—but this! THIS–I can not forgive!

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**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-epiglottis-is-malfunctioning/77488/2 "2001-08-22T04:57:19Z")

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Hmmmm…Are you sure it’s Pepsi you’ve been drinking? 😃

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**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-epiglottis-is-malfunctioning/77488/3 "2001-08-22T05:32:44Z")

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> \*Originally posted by dlgirl \*  
> \*\*Hmmmm…Are you sure it’s Pepsi you’ve been drinking? 😃 \*\*

**[CliffYablonski]** Yes, it was Pepsi! Oh yea, and before you ask, that bottle of Absolut the police found isn’t mine. It came with the car. I was just having a few shots because I was pissed off because the police wrote me a ticket for swerving all over the road. This one time, I went to the police station to complain about all those @#!$'ng kids that won’t stay away from my bushes. And they said “They were probably just passing through.”, so I went back to my car and got a bat and did a bunch of kung fu $hit on them that I learned in Vietnam and the Chief of Police came out and apologized and begged me to be one of their officers, but I said “No” so I could go home and not miss Law and Order. I also stole one of his pencils. True story. **[/CliffYablonski]**

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**Author:** ![sdarr2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sdarr2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdarr2002)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-epiglottis-is-malfunctioning/77488/4 "2001-08-22T07:25:42Z")

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i hate it when that happens.  
try drinking out of the wroung side of a glass or hold both hands over your mouth tiht and sing “daisey, daisey, give me your answer,do” all the way through real loud. or think about an elephant.  
i think the glass trick works best, though