The Miracle Cure

Picky, picky, picky Dept:

Emergency Correction:
There was an error in the "To Your Health" column published Monday.

In the 5th paragraph, the 2nd sentence stated that "Charlie's hiccups were temporarily halted through the use of carbon monoxide."

Carbon monoxide however, is a highly toxic lethal gas.

The article should have instead made reference to "carbon dioxide", a gas which is totally harmless to humans.

We sincerely apologize for any confusion.

-The Putnam City Post Gazette
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Editor's Comments:
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Though he tried for two solid days, breathing carbon dioxide (CO2) did not cure Charlie's hiccups at all.

Frustrated that the CO2 wasn't working despite all of his high hopes and hard work, he decided to try the carbon monoxide (CO) route
as was originally reported in the paper.

Who knows... taking away that one little atom of oxygen might make all the difference in the world... and what could it hurt anyway?

Besides he had heard, and more than once, that carbon monoxide would cure anyone's hiccups permanently, forevermore and Amen.

Unfortunately it turned out that they were right!

... so that was the end of Charlie!

Oops... what a pity!

I guess he never heard about breathing into a brown-paper bag, standing on your head, or holding your breath for 30 seconds...