Same here. And of course, I blow the bacteria and cat hair off it! Except I thought it was a ten second rule....
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Week 2: What do you think of the "5 second rule"?
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With all of the animal people on this site, this should have been one of the choices. If it is something like turkey, I can guarantee that the cats have a hold of it before 2 seconds are up.Originally Posted by dicknleah
Are you kidding? My dogs get it before I even know I dropped it.
Aside from the 5-second rule, there's also "you gotta eat a peck of dirt before you die". My Mum never worried much about what nasties got in our mouths in the ordinary course of affairs, so the 5-second rule has always followed naturally from that. It does depend to some extent on what floor is involved though.
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i voted for picking it up and eating it if it is my floor as mentioned in another post by someone else i know how often the floor is washed lol\\
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Oh come on, it's not that bad!Originally Posted by sweetiecat3
What kinda poll is this?? What useful or practical information could come of it?! I guess that's just Ryan, so whatever I'll go along with it.
I voted for the last choice.
I think I've heard something similar years ago, but I like that saying.
Lol i was going to bring that up too....Originally Posted by LilleKat
Watch mythbusters. They debunked the 5 second rule
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I mentioned that Mythbusters did that in the opening thread. Doesn't anybody read?Originally Posted by Nebula11
Lol i was going to bring that up too....
Not your posts......Originally Posted by Hydroaxe
I mentioned that Mytchbusters did that in the opening thread. Doesn't anybody read?
Originally Posted by menagerie mama
Yeah, it depends on the floor. I'll do it with my own floor, but not anyone else's...
If it fell on my floor i will eat it but i thought it was the 3 second rule. 10 seconds is way to long! at work i wont eat it if it touched the counter!!! or a table at a retaurant!!
Originally Posted by RoseHawke
Ummmm, it depends. If it's BEFORE it's cooked, I figure the bacteria are going to be incinerated anyway and I go ahead and throw it in the pot (or skillet, whatever.) After? Uh-uh... DH, however, says he believes in "Whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger ...."
Thats if he can get to it before Scully
In my house anything that falls to the floor belongs to the dogs or cats whoever sees it first!!! Otherwise into the trash!
Ya`ll TOTALLY missed the REAL point....and that`s that it depends on WHAT the food is!
Normally around here, it goes into the trash if it`s something that the cats won`t consume...but if it`s CHOCOLATE....well now, THAT`S A VERY DIFFERENT matter all together!!!!! (An "exception to the rule"....or "a cat of a different color")....and speaking of cats...pity the one that would try to get to it before ME!
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Normally around here, it goes into the trash if it`s something that the cats won`t consume...but if it`s CHOCOLATE....well now, THAT`S A VERY DIFFERENT matter all together!!!!! (An "exception to the rule"....or "a cat of a different color")....and speaking of cats...pity the one that would try to get to it before ME!
Linda
I picked attempt to blow it off like it helps lol but it really depends. If i'm at home and i drop something i'll pick it up and look it over and eat. Now if i'm somewhere OTHER than my own home-- no way will i eat it. I'll simply just throw it away...even if its the last bite of the cheesecake!!!
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If it doesn't have excess cat hair on it, I am good to go. This must be yet one more reason why I have a great immune system and rarely get sick.
I'm with you on this one. If it's dry I pick it up and eat it; wet and washable it's washed and cooked/eaten; wet and unwashable, in the garbage.
I've never been overly sticky about germs since growing up on a farm and cleaning the dirt off a raw carrot/turnip/radish on my jeans and eating it (this is the same dirt that manure was spread on a few months earlier. We've always been pretty healthy and rarely got sick.
it depends on what it is. if it's a dry food I'm more prone to eat it. and if it's at my house and I've cleaned recently I'll eat it. And if I'm drunk I'll probably eat it.
Yup - it depends on the variables ... and if its chocolate.
Yes!! Chocolate is exempt from the 5-second rule. I should know - I AM president of the SPCC. (SOciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chocolate.
