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I don't get it, is there something noteworthy about eating a raw onion?

nicwilson 6y ago
When you use it to hide the breath of an alcoholic, yes.
boyter 6y ago
Yes and no. It was the pinnacle in a series of bizzare behaviour from Tony while he was the Prime Minister. Certainly its the one people most remember of him. Keep in mind he ate it with the skin on as well. I think its also something people look out for, with the previous PM Kevin Rudd being somewhat infamous for eating his own ear wax on live TV. When I was working on an archive project for the ABC, "tony eating onion" or some variation was the most common thing people searched for in the system when they first started using it.
- JadeNB 6y ago
  > I think its also something people look out for, with the previous PM Kevin Rudd being somewhat infamous for eating his own ear wax on live TV. … as a stunt? On a dare? Why?
  - boyter 6y ago
    It was during a long question time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8
- coagmano 6y ago
  The earwax thing was during a long boring session in parliament, so not exactly Live TV
  - taneq 6y ago
    Oh, well that explains it, then. Perfectly legitimate behaviour. /s
- dwd 6y ago
  He doubled down and did it again another time. More bizarre was that time he froze and didn't speak for 30 seconds when asked a difficult question by a reporter about his "shit happens" comment. Justin Trudeau did the same thing recently when asked a question regarding Trump.
eskaytwo 6y ago
The context: he was on a PR tour of a farm (or factory or something), and grabbed it from a pile and just started eating it like it was an apple, whilst continuing the tour. It caught the public attention at how normal he made eating a raw onion look.
- triceratops 6y ago
  > grabbed it from a pile and just started eating it like it was an apple, Sounds like a sociopath.
  - grp000 6y ago
    Time to put out an alert on raw onion-eaters
akent 6y ago
He ate it with the skin on, too.
- mmerlin 6y ago
  https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Abbot+onion&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Abbot+onion&ia=images
searchableguy 6y ago
Yeah same. It's pretty common for restaurants and households to have raw onion in the salad (at least in north India). Unusual for someone to eat them with the skin though.
- bobthepanda 6y ago
  But that would be chopped or otherwise separated onion right? Not eating an onion the way one would eat an apple.
  - Biganon 6y ago
    My fiancée has been to the Azores and told me she's seen old people eat onions like apples there

When you use it to hide the breath of an alcoholic, yes.

Yes and no. It was the pinnacle in a series of bizzare behaviour from Tony while he was the Prime Minister. Certainly its the one people most remember of him. Keep in mind he ate it with the skin on as well. I think its also something people look out for, with the previous PM Kevin Rudd being somewhat infamous for eating his own ear wax on live TV. When I was working on an archive project for the ABC, "tony eating onion" or some variation was the most common thing people searched for in the system when they first started using it.

JadeNB 6y ago
> I think its also something people look out for, with the previous PM Kevin Rudd being somewhat infamous for eating his own ear wax on live TV. … as a stunt? On a dare? Why?
- boyter 6y ago
  It was during a long question time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8
coagmano 6y ago
The earwax thing was during a long boring session in parliament, so not exactly Live TV
- taneq 6y ago
  Oh, well that explains it, then. Perfectly legitimate behaviour. /s
dwd 6y ago
He doubled down and did it again another time. More bizarre was that time he froze and didn't speak for 30 seconds when asked a difficult question by a reporter about his "shit happens" comment. Justin Trudeau did the same thing recently when asked a question regarding Trump.

eskaytwo 6y ago

The context: he was on a PR tour of a farm (or factory or something), and grabbed it from a pile and just started eating it like it was an apple, whilst continuing the tour. It caught the public attention at how normal he made eating a raw onion look.

triceratops 6y ago
> grabbed it from a pile and just started eating it like it was an apple, Sounds like a sociopath.
- grp000 6y ago
  Time to put out an alert on raw onion-eaters

akent 6y ago

He ate it with the skin on, too.

mmerlin 6y ago
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Abbot+onion&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Abbot+onion&ia=images

searchableguy 6y ago

Yeah same. It's pretty common for restaurants and households to have raw onion in the salad (at least in north India). Unusual for someone to eat them with the skin though.

bobthepanda 6y ago
But that would be chopped or otherwise separated onion right? Not eating an onion the way one would eat an apple.
- Biganon 6y ago
  My fiancée has been to the Azores and told me she's seen old people eat onions like apples there