Avoid the hiccups by avoiding these things

Fitsugar posted on something that's always perplexed me: The Hiccups, and more specifically, what causes them. Hiccups are a result of your diaphragm unintentionally contracting, but what causes that? Here are some usual suspects:

• spicy food
• Eating too fast
• Alcohol
• Smoking
• Extreme stress
• Sudden temperature changes

Whatever the culprit is, hiccups are pretty annoying, especially if, like me, you have really loud hiccups that can be heard (seriously) a kilometer away. And though it's never worked for me (maybe I'm doing it wrong?), everyone in my family swears that drinking out of the wrong side of a cup is the surefire way to get rid of them.

How do you get rid of hiccups?