Do You Follow the 5 Second Rule?
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I think Mythbusters busted it, but eff that! I’ll still follow it if it’s my own floor and I paid enough for the thing!
TOTALLY! i once picked up a marinos italian ice off the floor within 2 seconds
It depends on the type of food and the general cleanliness of the floor.
I do 98% of the time, especially at home. I know the floor is clean. After eating the skeevy thing your precious kid just handed to you while learning to share, you get over the germaphobe thing fast. If it lands on a city sidewalk, fast food restaurant, or most places outside my house most likely it hits the trash.
I will eat anything, even if it has been sitting on hot pavement for a week and a half.
Buzzards have nothing on me.
Would you eat a buzzard?
Depends on the type of food and condition of the surface it falls on. But time matters not. I’m only concerned if I lose a visual. Overall not really concerned with germs, more so with fur and insect filth.
On some surfaces, yes, but on others, no. I’ve also been known to eat the top off – the part that didn’t touch the floor. I did this once with a brand new rainbow flavored ice I had just bought from the ice cream truck when I was 8. I dropped it on the sidewalk, freaked for a second, then realized I could eat the top. Mom found me sitting on the sidewalk eating the top with a spoon. There’s even a picture somewhere.
Five Second Rule? I thought it was the Ten Second Rule.
The length of the rule varies, depending on how long the item has been lying on the floor.
I don’t care whose floor it is. If it even falls off my PLATE it’s going in the bin. We have a cat. The cat sits on the floor. What part of the cat is on (or very close to) the floor? His bottom. A dot of cat bottom. Cats sit down a lot. And don’t get me started about what is on your shoes.
Like others have said, it all depends on where I am, and what the food is. In public or unfamiliar places, I won’t eat anything that’s been on the floor!
At home, maybe. Anywhere else? No way.
No. I’m not gullible enough.
If you spend your entire life exposing yourself to normal amounts of bacteria, and not hiding in a bubble of anti-bacterial soaps and paranoia, your immune system is much more resilient. I keep a very clean home yes, but I’ll be honest. I pretty much will eat my food off the friggin dirt if I drop it. At this point, it’ll require Ebola to take me out. Although KFC did prove that wrong once.
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