Just a note, here, Emanuel: Gimmicks like “Now that I’ve got your attention, here’s an unrelated question” are rather frowned upon here, as they don’t really add to the discussion. We have a diverse enough community here that you’re likely to get people’s attention by posting such a question in its own thread. But the people reading this thread are interested in hiccups, and you want the people who are interested in art history. There’s some overlap, but it’d be better for both discussions to keep them separate.
Ok. There is no right or wrong answer to the following question, as I am interested in the opinions of “scholars/students of the world” Here’s the scenario: Michelangelo spent 4 years (1508-1512) painting the Sistine Chapel as a commission from Pope Julius II. Both the Pope and numerous other Bishops and supporters viewed Michelangelo’s progress. Most were supportive, but many expressed displeasure, and made their feelings known. My question: Even today, as we view the section where “God creates Adam”, why do you suppose the Catholic church would permit Michelangelo to paint both male figures with…navels? If God created man in his own image, who was God’s mother?
Um, to get back to the self-hijacked OP, I would just like to contribute that I have known a gentleman who was afflicted with a weeks, if not months, long bout of hiccups. As I recall, he was quite miserable for the duration, but he did manage to eat, though sleeping was quite difficult.
My mistake. Sorry, I withdraw the question.
Emanuel
Did Michelangelo have hiccups while painting Adam and Eve?
Hi folks,
Hope everyone’s having a nice day…oh yeah and EMANUEL’s TRYING TO KILL YOU! I like neck massages as much as the next guy, but take my advice and don’t let anyone screw with the little holes between your collar bones and shoulers. Anyone with limited medical knowledge knows when you start poken’ around there you’re getting close to the vaso vegus (sp?) nerve. A.K.A. the 10th cranial nerve, it the big ol’ flaming nerve that runs by the aorta and measures systemic blood pressure. When your blood pressure rises, this guy has the job of sending out the signal that tells the brain to slow down your heart rate, thereby normalising over all blood pressure.
Now lets say you’re at dinner with Emanuel, and you’re listening to one of his ideas about the likelyhood of things occuring on this planet without his knowlege. He concludes as usuall by making the statement that he is the end all athority on the plausability of every event in the universe since Hawking’s big bang. You begin to laugh in his face and accidently suck in a few crumbs of the huge pile of BS he’s left on your plate. The next thing you know ol’ Emanual is giving you one lap dance you’ll never forget, attempting to stop your hiccups by stimulating a rather deep nerve in the thorax with A LOT of pressure (8-10 lbs. is s sh*tload, it only takes 5 to to rip off the human ear at the base). While you try to resist the urge to slap him on the ass and inqure about the identity of his paternal figure, he will be commiting murder. He’ll get rid of your hiccups alright, by stopping your heart. Based on the relative anatomical positions of both nerves I believe it is much more likely that Emanuel will stimulate the vaso vegus nerve with his hulking 8-10 lbs. of pressure. Stimulation of the 10th cranial nerve will trick the brain into thinking you’re having a huge spike in B.P. and it will lower your H.R. until your heart just stops. Don’t belive me? Look it up! Incidently this is the same phenominon that kills old folks on the crapper.
–J
p.s. Emanual, I was just having a little fun. I don’t really think you were trying to kill us all so don’t take this post personally…closeted wannabe stripper however…well, I wouldn’t put it past you.
Hmm… a lap dance sounds fun! I think I came in at a good time. I do agree with MrGrizz; 8-10 pounds of pressure wouldn’t be a good thing. Now about the hiccuping thing, I believe it. If you’ve had constant hiccups for a while, you’d just tune them out. As with a horrible stomachache, a runny nose, or a snoring roommate, you learn to forget it. Though I’m sure it took that guy a while to get used to hiccuping, or a hell of a lot of Sominex. =)
I can’t be the only one that’s worried that you know this.
Ok, I give up, how many pounds of pressure would the penis require?
“I attended school with Miss Griffiths, and it was widely believed that she was putting it on”, a source close to the young starlet is reported to have said.
All at once, or just a 1/4 lb. at a time?
Ya know, while there is a bit of truth to that statement, it’s the sort of tautalogical reference that ultimately kills any rational debate, and not that I’m passing judgment mind you, but it is considered “bad form” to use that line as evidence or proof. Because all individuals can “believe” whatever they damn well please. For instance…
I believe that kitty cats have psychic healing powers.
I believe that Metallica is going to hell, and all their fans who still pretend to like their music will be their slaves in the afterlife.
I believe the I-710 extension will someday get built, despite all protests from the residents of South Pasadena.
I believe “The Matrix” is non-fiction.
I believe your tinfoil hat needs cleaning.
I believe…I believe…hmm…I believe I’ll have McDonalds for breakfast this morning…
Ok, kiddies, Take it from the NURSE.
- hiccups can and have lasted for weeks or months I don’t know about years. The cause of such hiccups is different than your run of the mill eating too fast hiccups. The long lasting kind are caused by a neurological problem or a cardiac problem. The cure is usually a frenic nerve resection.
- The nerve Mrgrizz was referring to is the Vagas nerve. It is not the size of the aorta. It is not located anywhere near the surface of your body. It doen’t measure anything. It does, however control heart rate and by definition, BP. A vaso-vagal action (Bearing down, holding one’s breath, pressure on the eyes) can cause one to faint, at which time the stimulus would stop, and one would wake up again. Stimulating the Vagas nerve can cure everyday hiccups.
Have a good day.