>>>>So will cyanide, more thoroughly ;). This is at least some pleasure, and the hyperventilation gets you sort of high. The Romans were feeding their soldiers onions before the battle, to rev up the pep talk. And, know what, my last serious flu was, lemme think... in the seventies. Beyond that, it was at most two or three days of swampy nose, and that's it. And I was riding a bicycle all winter for about 15 years.
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>>>My father in law ate onion sandwiches for the same reason. :) Before the Romans, the Egyptians documented onions and beer as a favorite food combination. Wehn I make stew I always add extra onions, in the hope that it will attract a new wife for me. :)
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>>Too refined. I said RAW onions :).
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>Raw onions will attract a new wife for me?

In my unscientific surveys, I've found that alliaceous (onions, garlic) vegetables are a good test of a couple's compatibility. If you like onions & garlic, and your significant other hates them, you're headed for splitsville.