5 Second Rule-Do You Use It?

I had never even heard of the "5 second rule", apparently there's a Wikipedia article devoted to it and all

Anyway, for me it's simple: if it's on the floor I won't eat it anymore. On the other hand I do try to make sure my food has a really hard time getting to the floor...

I don't have any pets and my house is always clean, but still, it's the floor - the part you walk on all day, so it still seems like a really unhealthy place to eat your food from...

 

Its a myth which has been busted by mythbusters Im not using it

 

Depends on how clean the floor is. If it's in my house then I usually pick it up. Don't waste food. Someone else is dying of hunger at the very moment in some other place.

 

Hell, I'd use a 20 second rule. But only with non-sticky things, If i dropped a chicken on the floor, i wouldn't pick it up, a skittle or some chips however...

 

i used to work in mcdonalds and we had the if no one sees rule. Enjoy your big macs

 

i personally dont use it myself, but i watched a show on how no matter how long the item/food touches the ground it will still pick up bacteria or other contaminents.

 

Depends on what the surface is that it is dropped. Grass - yes. Toilet floor - No.

 

no dropped food for me too<..>, but hey if its proven to be ok ,maybe i will in future,whats the noble guys name btw

 

First time I heard of this rule. Interesting, just killed 10min of my time.

 

Mythbusters proved that it all depends where you drop it.
But they also said that most of the time, even three seconds rule would be enough to possibly make you sick.

 

Nope if its on the floor it'll go right in the trash.

 

Jillian Clarke, of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences (and then Howard University), won the Public Health Ig Nobel for researching whether the Five- Second Rule is true. During her acceptance speech, Clarke said that she found “floors generally have no bacteria, so if you do drop food on the floor, you can eat it!”

I bet she didn't test the bathroom floor

 

I NEVER eat anything off the floor!!! SICK!!!!

 

just try not to drop food on the floor i guess

 

hahahaha. you got the point

It's all about what's in your mind. What is the difference between you and your dog(pet)eating from the floor? Are you better than your dog?

You may think that the floor is dirty, but sometimes what you are eating is 100 times dirtier than the floor.
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As long as the floor looks clean, I don't mind the 5 second rule

 

It all depends on where, when and what. The where is obvious - never in a theater, bathroom, etc. When is a little more subtle - when I'm hungry? What is whether it is sticky (the food!) or not.

Of course, if the food is alive, it would depend on how fast it could run away.

 

Wow, I guess I'm in the minority here. I've been known to drop a bit of muffin or bagel or what-not and totally will overlook perceived germage. The Marine Corps did that to me. I got to endure enough filth that most anything seems clean now.

Same goes for my kids. My mom peeled some apples for the kids when we were leaving her house the other day. The one daughter dropped hers before we got out the door. Grandma had to wash it off.

The other daughter dropped hers just as we were getting into the truck. I was NOT going back in to wash it and she was NOT going to be the only one without an apple without pitching a fit.

Truth be told, if you do some research, you'll find that your toothbrush is most likely the 2nd most infectious object in your home (after the kitchen dishrag) and you plug that bugger in your mouth ever day without a hitch.

The gross factor is a myth that takes root in our minds all in your mind.

 

"If it falls to the ground, it belongs to the hound."

 

This is a curious rule. I hadn't heard of it before

I live by the "I don't eat the food I drop on the floor" rule