Great headline once you hit #3

Pressing the flat tongue to the roof of the mouth will stop a sneeze, too.

Cory Doctorow approves.

Treygreen13: According to my significant other, #3 does not work.

That's not what she told me

Here are a few of mine.

- Sneezing hack - If you time it right, you can "fake" a sneeze by forcefully exhaling right as you actually sneeze. I found this one out by accident at a vet's office. The tech walked in: I had a feeling she was going to call my name. When she did, I had already put my head back to sneeze (think the "Ah-" part in ah-choo), but instead of "chooing" I said "Yes?" completely normally. I'm a loud sneezer, so while this trick doesn't always work, it generally saves me some embarrassment.

- I heard a thumb to the roof of the mouth also works for brain freeze. The tongue trick doesn't work for me 'cause usually the tongue is cold too and ends up making it worse.

- Pinching the small flap of skin between your index finger and your thumb helps to get rid of headaches.

- Hiccoughs - Inhale deeply 3 times. Hold the third breath for as close to 30 seconds as you can get or longer. You need to feel like you're going to hiccough twice. If you don't hiccough, they'll be gone. If you do hiccough, restart. I've rarely needed to restart more than once, and it seems to be linked to how well you do the 3 deep breaths.

Tried number 3

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if you can't breathe through your nose, put something like a rolled up pair of socks, or a hacky sack under your armpit and squeeze. If you place it under your left armpit, your right nostril will clear, and vice versa for the right. takes about 3-4 minutes.

If you aren't very good at swallowing pills, you can try this trick to get them down: tilt your head forward instead of backward once its in your mouth.

What the hell is a stubborn pill? Now doxycycline - that's a pill that just tastes like a piece of shiat just took a piss on your tongue. The trick to getting that one down without throwing up was to get a mouthful of milk, tilt your head back, and drop it in and swallow real quick. Just depth charge the sucker.

colon_pow: if you can't breathe through your nose, put something like a rolled up pair of socks, or a hacky sack under your armpit and squeeze. If you place it under your left armpit, your right nostril will clear, and vice versa for the right. takes about 3-4 minutes.

I could believe this, actually. One of your major lymph nodes is in your armpit. I'll give it a try next time I get stuffed up.

Karac: If you aren't very good at swallowing pills, you can try this trick to get them down: tilt your head forward instead of backward once its in your mouth.

What the hell is a stubborn pill? Now doxycycline - that's a pill that just tastes like a piece of shiat just took a piss on your tongue. The trick to getting that one down without throwing up was to get a mouthful of milk, tilt your head back, and drop it in and swallow real quick. Just depth charge the sucker.

I'm going to guess 500mg or larger pills that are taken orally. Some people have trouble swallowing horse pills even with a drink.

Karac: What the hell is a stubborn pill? Now doxycycline - that's a pill that just tastes like a piece of shiat just took a piss on your tongue. The trick to getting that one down without throwing up was to get a mouthful of milk, tilt your head back, and drop it in and swallow real quick. Just depth charge the sucker.

Sure, if you want to make sure it's 20% less effective (new window).

To swallow capsules and other things that float, tip your head forward. To swallow tablets and other things that sink, tip your head backward.

Or you can be like one of my family members, who chewed up every pill regardless of taste or doctor's instructions. Of course, like him, you'll probably die prematurely, with the doctors baffled as to why the medications aren't doing what they're supposed to.

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My preferred way of cooling off quickly.

Oh snap, is dat a Farscape reference? I thought I was the only one.

I don't understand the onion one. I thought the acidic compounds formed on your eye after coming in contact with the stuff in the onions made you cry. How would pressing your tongue on the roof of your mouth prevent this? Sounds like bullshiat to me.

Clogged sinuses? Horseradish will clear you up, pronto.

After a few weeks of cutting onions, you get used to it. Also, try cutting the ends last, since most of "tear-gas" comes from there.

aelat: I don't understand the onion one. I thought the acidic compounds formed on your eye after coming in contact with the stuff in the onions made you cry. How would pressing your tongue on the roof of your mouth prevent this? Sounds like bullshiat to me.

I hadn't heard the tongue one, but I'd always been told that you're supposed to slice up a lemon and hang it from your neck. The enzymes from the onion bond with the citric acid in the lemon before it gets to your eyes. No, I have no idea if oranges or limes would work, and i haven't had the opportunity to test it out. YMMV

Timmy the Tumor: OK, I sat here for 15 minutes with balled up socks under my arms. Still can't breathe. I think I got trolled. lol

tuck them up in there. no bs. i swear that works. or maybe you just need to honk your beak real good.

i looked it up... someone else knows about this. see second answer.

html fail.

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090825013654AACLKlx (new window)

Peki: aelat: I don't understand the onion one. I thought the acidic compounds formed on your eye after coming in contact with the stuff in the onions made you cry. How would pressing your tongue on the roof of your mouth prevent this? Sounds like bullshiat to me.

I hadn't heard the tongue one, but I'd always been told that you're supposed to slice up a lemon and hang it from your neck. The enzymes from the onion bond with the citric acid in the lemon before it gets to your eyes. No, I have no idea if oranges or limes would work, and i haven't had the opportunity to test it out. YMMV

Your method sounds plausible; I might give that a try.

A++ would read again.

jfarkinB: Karac: What the hell is a stubborn pill? Now doxycycline - that's a pill that just tastes like a piece of shiat just took a piss on your tongue. The trick to getting that one down without throwing up was to get a mouthful of milk, tilt your head back, and drop it in and swallow real quick. Just depth charge the sucker.

Sure, if you want to make sure it's 20% less effective (new window).

To swallow capsules and other things that float, tip your head forward. To swallow tablets and other things that sink, tip your head backward.

Or you can be like one of my family members, who chewed up every pill regardless of taste or doctor's instructions. Of course, like him, you'll probably die prematurely, with the doctors baffled as to why the medications aren't doing what they're supposed to.

For pills, I always just tilted my head back and kept it in my fingers until it almost hit the back of my throat and then just launched it down. Works on pets, works on people. The bright side is you never touch the thing with your tongue at all so, regardless of the coating, you're not going to taste it and with a little practice you don't even need water.

/may require #3 for some people

Two more gag reflex suppressors... learned these from a nurse that worked in a nursing home. Smile, or tug and rub an earlobe with your thumb and index finger.

For a leg cramp (and maybe other types) put your thumb between your upper lip and gum and press up on the flap of tissue directly under the philtrum (the vertical groove in the upper lip). Press up hard. I'm not sure if it a pressure point or the pain just distracts the brain to let the muscles relax.

Try it, just don't push too hard starting out.

That was pretty weak.
Gum? No, sugar.
Tilt head forward? Good for capsules which contain air but not solid pills.
Sometimes it is a pinched nerve but it can also be a circulation issue.
Your vision doesn't improve but your focus does.

It was almost like reading something written by witch doctors.

aelat: I don't understand the onion one. I thought the acidic compounds formed on your eye after coming in contact with the stuff in the onions made you cry. How would pressing your tongue on the roof of your mouth prevent this? Sounds like bullshiat to me.

Prob'ly BS. If onions make you cry, fill the sink with water and cut them under water.

TFA: if you move from darkness to light, then back to darkness, keeping one eye closed, you can retain your night vision in that one eye (apparently, this is why pirates wore eye patches).

I don't know about pirates but this does work. We used to do that in the Army when they launched flares at night to light up the mock battle field. If you keep one eye closed the light from the flare does not cause your pupil to close in that eye. When the light goes out, open it and that one does not need time to adjust.

TFA: If you don't have light nearby, you can always hold your cellphone or other lighted device up to one eye, improving the night vision of the other eye.

And that's where TFA gets stupid. If it's dark, holding a light to one eye will not improve the night vision of the other. If this is a joke, it's a bad one. If it's advice it's really bad advice. You are better off with both eyes adjusted to the darkness. The trick above just gives one eye a head start on the other when the lights go out.

DrPainMD: aelat: I don't understand the onion one. I thought the acidic compounds formed on your eye after coming in contact with the stuff in the onions made you cry. How would pressing your tongue on the roof of your mouth prevent this? Sounds like bullshiat to me.

Prob'ly BS. If onions make you cry, fill the sink with water and cut them under water.

Or throw them in the freezer 30 minutes before you need to chop them.

FrancoFile: DrPainMD: aelat: I don't understand the onion one. I thought the acidic compounds formed on your eye after coming in contact with the stuff in the onions made you cry. How would pressing your tongue on the roof of your mouth prevent this? Sounds like bullshiat to me.

Prob'ly BS. If onions make you cry, fill the sink with water and cut them under water.

Or throw them in the freezer 30 minutes before you need to chop them.

Or just breath through your mouth instead of your nose.

Timmy the Tumor: OK, I sat here for 15 minutes with balled up socks under my arms. Still can't breathe. I think I got trolled. lol

When in doubt, have sex. Or if you are forever alone, masturbate.

Always clears up the sinuses for a little while at least, no matter how badly blocked they were before.

I love reading this article every 4mos.

Again

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Again

The whole things just reeks of fail so bad my wife can smell it on me like that stuff strippers wear to cover the stank of... themselves.