On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:52:27 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
> i
>> have used the eating spoonful of sugar method before.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>>
>
>My mother always swore by that cure.

I seem to recall an actual physiological basis for the spoon-of-sugar
method, something about the granular material stimulating nerve
endings in the back of the throat. The researchers who studied that
method wanted to do additional experiments to confirm, but couldn't
find anyone willing to swallow a spoonful of sand...

Terry