I finally ushered out the last member of our extended family. My two year old's birthday party ended around six hours ago and they decided to stay and visit. It would have been nice if they decided to stay and help clean up a bit.
The onion was an interesting affair.
I noticed that I was not bothered too much by the toxic gasses if i chomped on the gum like my son does, mouth wide open with loud quick chomps. When I chewed the gum at my normal pace with my mouth closed the onion started to make me teary eyed.
I tried it both ways a couple times. I would say that when I was chewing gum with my mouth closed the onion bothered me by 90% and when my mouth was open it bothered me by about 20%.
Now i have to research online and see what other people have to say about it.