same here... when i eat salsa or hot peppers or anything along those lines. . supposedly "your body is tryin to tell you something" so i translated that to "must need more hot sauce, peppers, etc" Woody www.jigger.us "This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."-HH the Dalai Lama -------Original Message------- From: Dave Drum Date: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 13:30:36 To: Susan And Graham Marshall; chile-heads@globalgarden.com Subject: Re: [CH] Hiccups At 08:49 AM 4/1/2003 -0800, Susan And Graham Marshall wrote: >Heres a dumb question but I have always wondered why it is that if I eat >something really spicy I get the hiccups until the fire cools down and they >disappear, why is that??? I have heard other people say the same thing. Happens to me, too. I figure it's my throat calling me a Chile idiot. So, I kick it up a notch. MY throat doesn't rule my life. <GGG> ENJOY!!! Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen Home of Hardin Cider & Yaaaaa Hoooo Ahhhhh Hot Sauce!!! .