*Hic*

Would you rather have the hiccups for five years or a vagus nerve stimulator implanted in your chest cavity?

From BBC:

An east Belfast man who has suffered from hiccups for five years is hoping a new surgical technique pioneered in the US will give him his life back.

David Willis, who suffers from an incurable condition known as intractable hiccups, hopes a £9,000 operation will end his misery. The operation involves implanting a vagus nerve stimulator into his upper chest cavity.

As a side note -- I can't believe doctors can't come up with a better name for this condition. "Intractable hiccups"? J.K. Rowling could have done a whole lot with that one. Speaking of which, my only plan for Saturday is to get my copy of Harry Potter Book 7 and find a sunny spot in a park somewhere and lose myself at Hogwarts. yessssssss.....