Yes, But I think they might have been making fun of the calvin and hobbes strip where they're trying to do anything to get rid of calvin's hiccups (scaring him, drinking water from the far side of a glass, eating sugar) (hobbes says, "I think most hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends.") It's on page 67 and 68 of The Indespensable Calvin and Hobbes.
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