Just thought I would post this while I remembered. If you have been suffering from hiccups for a while the best cure is to stand in the shower facing the wall and have your partner standing behind you with a pint of water filled with ice cubes. Then when you least expect it they throw the water at your back getting you to gasp, and like magic the hiccups are gone! This has been tried twice and both times it has worked. The reason I say the shower is so that you don't get your living room wet! The reason you face the wall is so you don't see it coming and it becomes more of a surprise as you gasp. This seems to work better than my fake spider trick which will probably only work once.