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Nah, you can't molly coddle all their lives you know :)

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Right let me give you this tip FOR FREE!!!!!

When chopping your onions, burn a little tea light candle near to where you are dicing them, the candle burns all the fumes off the onion that make your eye's water.
And it works honest.:D There ya go, happy chopping

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Got to try that one slinky as i peel slice and dice in water, but at least if done in water then lees chance of you hurting your eyes if you rub them if itchy.

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i always cut the root off first,not the top ,,,then peel from there,and i always buy spanish onions rather than english...they seem to be the worst culprits

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I dont know if I've dreamt this but I'm sure I was told that if you run your wrists under cold water before chopping them your eyes wont water, I have tried it and it worked but It didn't affect me that bad anyway, maybe I've made it up, let me know if you try it!

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yeah and be cruel like me and make it a "who can cry the most competition" hee hee. Must add that my two boys are 12 and 13 and not little ones :rolleyes:

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I think yeaterday i would have won that competition hands down you should have seen me.

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I don't know if I've dreamt this or not but I think someone told me to put a peg on my nose whilst chopping onions. I've never tried it so don't know if it works but it sounds sort of logical - all the tubes are connected in there aren't they?

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I could actually see that working. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/12/12_6_5.gif

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Haven't chopped an onion in a long time. Buy fresh onions already chopped from Asda. Worth the extra money.

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Try wearing a motorcycle helmet ..it helps a little :p

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I can honestly say that chopping onions has never really affected my eyes that much. I do tend to chop them very quickly though.... Which might explain why I only have 4 fingers on my left hand..:D

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I thought that was because you ate too quickly :)

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i find keep them in fridge and then peel them under water

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what fingers?:e9: :blink8: or onions