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Three days of hiccups is no fun. Dave tries every remedy on the Internet, but finds a cure from an unlikely source.
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Dwayne Phillips
A systems and computer engineer since 1980. A short story fiction writer.
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The Hiccups - Dwayne Phillips
The Hiccups
Dwayne Phillips
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The Hiccups
DAY ONE:
7 AM
Dave sat at the table at the small breakfast cafe that he usually stopped at before going to work. Each day he would scan the Internet for topics of interest for an hour while eating a small breakfast and drinking a few too many cups of coffee.
Today was to be different, though. Next to his plate was a
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