Miracle hiccups cure

I was just struck by the most violent case of the hiccups I ever had. All my coworkers within earshot were wondering what was going on. I tried holding my breath several times and swallowing sugar to no avail. I went to my desk and googled “cure hiccups” and this came up. It worked the first try! I should mention that it was a green smoothie a-la-lona which caused the offending hiccups!