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Alcohol does very strange things to people. It makes people slur their speech, it can make them [[Single
Why they use a hiccup isn't really understood, though one possible explanation is that, since alcohol reduces inhibitions and can make even the most boring things hilariously funny (for no reason readily apparent to people outside of the bottle), a prolonged fit of the giggles, chuckles, or outright cackling laughter provokes a case of hiccups. Of course, this explanation doesn't work for those souls who [[Drowning My Sorrows|don't have much to laugh about at the moment]], but they can always cry so much they get the hiccups.
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== Western Animation ==
* [[Seen It a Million Times]] in [[Warner Brothers]] [[Looney Tunes|cartoons]], when the stereotypical drunk staggers past, slurs a vague statement, and hiccups. Usually accompanied by a [
** A Merrie Melodies cartoon (''High Note'') featured a drunk musical note staggering around, hiccuping.
* In the Walter Lanz Woody Woodpecker Cartoon ''Wild Bill Hiccup'', there was a character who was a parody of Wild Bill Hickock, who hiccuped constantly while holding a bottle.
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