Hiccups lead to two deaths
 

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - A Colombian man accidentally shot his nephew to death while trying to cure his hiccups by pointing a revolver at him to scare him, police in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla said on Tuesday.

After shooting 21-year-old university student David Galvan in the neck, his uncle, Rafael Vargas, 35, was so distraught he turned the gun on himself and committed suicide, police said.

The incident took place on Sunday night while the two were having drinks with neighbors.

Galvan started to hiccup and Vargas, who works as a security guard, said he would use the home remedy for hiccups of scaring him. He pulled out his gun, pointed it at Galvan and it accidentally went off, witnesses told local television.

"They were drinking but they were aware of what was going on," one witness said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060125/...bia_hiccups_dc

people are dickheads.

goes someway to proving Darwin was right

there are many ways to cure hiccups but why the hell does he thought of pointing a gun? he is one crazy dude.

Guns are so cool.

Guns are cool, but that accident is really scary, proves that some people better stay away from guns, ever.

guns dont hurt, they tickle.

To "cure" hiccups, inhale about as much air as you can, and hold it, then swallow. You might think thats hard to do, but you can do it.

For me, it only takes once and they're gone. If you have a severe case, keep doing it. Take in as much air as you can. Remember, dont let any air out while you swallow, thats important.

You're not swallowing air, you're just filling your lungs first then working the swallow motion and it seems to stop the rythmic vibrations or whatever that makes you hiccup by making those parts work on other things. Works everytime.


Hope this post prevents a needless shooting:Oh crap

You just have to stabilize your diaphragm from spasms and they go away. Inhaling and swallowing like PR Tom said, seems to do the trick

Ok... that is just fucked up.

Bingo! :thumbsup

Sorry to say, but I am somewhat glad that they are out of the genepool :2 cents:

Omg these guys should be careful with guns!! It's crazy..

Why did reading all this make me hungry?

hahaha damn, owned

:1orglaugh

cough*idiot*cough

What an idiot.

Now that is "fucked up"

That explains colombia's murder rate.

atleast it makes some feel smart

That proves one thing--using a revolver to scare someone aint a good remedy for hiccups.

lol indeed it does

what a father

Yeah, well it did cure his hiccup