Task 2. Hiccups.
Rose. Rose. Rosemary. Can you...can...can you help me? What's the matter? Oh, you've got the hiccups. I've had them for three hours. Oh, there must be something we can do.
Now, what are the different remedies for hiccups? I've tried everything I can think of.
Have you tried holding your breath? I've tried holding it but I hiccuped. Well, you obviously haven't held it long enough. How can I hold it long enough when I hiccup in the middle?
Now what's the other thing I've heard? Now come along, something to do with a glass of water. That's right, you have to drink from the other side of a glass. Have you tried that? Well, how do you mean drink from the other side of glass?
Well, you know how you drink normally...Yes. Then you drink from the opposite side. You mean you turn the glass round? You bend over with your head towards the floor, then you put your lips to the far side of the glass and you try to drink it like that. Ah, you mean like this? Oh no, you're getting it all over the carpet.
Now what's the other thing? Key down the back of your neck. No, that's for when your nose's bleeding. Oh, is it? what about a coin on your forehead? I've never heard of that.
Now what's the other thing for hiccups? A shock, a shock. I'll have to frighten you...Erm... let me burst a paper bag. But I know you are going to frighten me, so I won't be frightened, will I?
Now what else is there? Now, look, I know. I'll give you five pounds if you hiccup again, you give me five pounds if you can't. Yes, all right. Did you understand what I said. Of course, I did. You give me five pounds if I hiccup again. Yes, but you stopped hiccuping, so that means you owe me five pounds. Oh, no.