cutting onions

I sharpened all my knives a few weeks ago with the Lansky, after teaching Lingbert how to use it one evening. Any ILXors that want to ship me their knives (or bring them to Seattle) - I will sharpen them and return promptly :) It's very meditative.

totally thought about this thread last night as i was tearing up peeling onions. that is the slow part for me, you get the top off then have to be all gingerly to peel only the dried layers off. and like beck i'm a full grown man but not afraid to cry

my mum puts a glass of water beside the chopping board, claiming this absorbs something or other, it sounds vaguely scientific. i do this too sometimes, it's v weird tho, sometimes my eyes will go mental but i'd say 7/10 i have no reaction whatsoever when chopping onions. i sometimes feel this is a poor indictment of the onion...