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Man stops UGA student's hiccups with headbutt
JESSICA LEVINE
Issue date: 3/23/07 Section: News
A case of the hiccups turned into a real headache for one student Wednesday night.
Everyone has their own secrets for getting rid of those annoying breathing abnormalities, but few include head-butting.
University of Georgia student Abbie Rickoff was at Genco on East Clayton Street with a friend when she got the hiccups, she said.
"My friend was joking around and told this guy to scare me," Rickoff said. "Like to say 'boo' or something."
Instead of saying 'boo,' Richard Handley Hale, 29, head-butted Rickoff, according to the Athens-Clark County Police report.
Rickoff said Hale hit her head very hard, causing it to swell.
"I hadn't really spoken to him before that," she said.
When the ACC Police arrived, Hale confirmed he hit Rickoff's head with his own.
Police arrested Hale and charged him with a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, the report said.
Rickoff said her head still hurt on Thursday and that she was really bruised on her face and nose.
"I have lived here for a while, and I have never seen anything like that downtown," she said. "It was really weird."
As for her case of hiccups?
"I guess that did get rid of them," she said.
Everyone has their own secrets for getting rid of those annoying breathing abnormalities, but few include head-butting.
University of Georgia student Abbie Rickoff was at Genco on East Clayton Street with a friend when she got the hiccups, she said.
"My friend was joking around and told this guy to scare me," Rickoff said. "Like to say 'boo' or something."
Instead of saying 'boo,' Richard Handley Hale, 29, head-butted Rickoff, according to the Athens-Clark County Police report.
Rickoff said Hale hit her head very hard, causing it to swell.
"I hadn't really spoken to him before that," she said.
When the ACC Police arrived, Hale confirmed he hit Rickoff's head with his own.
Police arrested Hale and charged him with a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, the report said.
Rickoff said her head still hurt on Thursday and that she was really bruised on her face and nose.
"I have lived here for a while, and I have never seen anything like that downtown," she said. "It was really weird."
As for her case of hiccups?
"I guess that did get rid of them," she said.
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tom
posted 3/23/07 @ 4:29 PM EST
hahahahaha
jonathan
posted 3/23/07 @ 4:46 PM EST
Richard is my hero!
J Aviles
posted 3/23/07 @ 9:33 PM EST
Richard is a legend
sam
posted 3/24/07 @ 1:59 AM EST
I cannot believe that a 29 year old would do something this stupid. Maybe he should grow up before he's allowed to enter bars in the future.
jake
posted 3/24/07 @ 2:15 AM EST
What an embarassment for Athens and for the rest of us guys who know better.
jacky
posted 3/26/07 @ 2:29 AM EST
let the haters hate. anyone who does not see the humor in this is laaaame. vive la richard!!!!
mandy
posted 3/26/07 @ 12:58 PM EST
enough already. the girl was hurt, the guy's an idiot, just leave it at that.
maria
posted 3/29/07 @ 11:14 AM EST
I love richard.
lilly
posted 4/01/07 @ 3:13 AM EST
WWRD? :0)
Libby
posted 4/09/07 @ 7:24 PM EST
This is the funniest thing I have ever heard. Richard is the hippest cat!
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