5 second rule

[b_sinning]

I am a disgusting person; not much grosses me out. So yes I would eat off the floor.

Challenging the immune system, ftw!

fly is a lucky man. He gets all the benefits of dating a manly man but you got all the girly parts without surgery too.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

depends on the floor...my floor at home, yes. office floor, no. floor at a restaurant, no.

I was so drunk and poor at a festival once that me and a friend were walking round swooping food off the floor that people had discarded (noodles, baked potatoes etc.). Free food tastes so good.

 

[Coqui]

eeeew. This thread is nasty.

There is no 5 second rule, bacteria will cling onto food immediately.

If it hits the floor, it hits the trash end of story.

And that's why there's so much hysteria over the swine flu. Right here folks.

 

[Josh]

I remember that Mythbusters tested this urban legend/"rule". If I recall, it didn't make much of a difference if it was just a second or 5 seconds, or hours. It all became covered in germs.

That said, depends on the food and the location of where it is being ate at. I usually just throw the food item away.

 

[Duke]

I was so drunk and poor at a festival once that me and a friend were walking round swooping food off the floor that people had discarded (noodles, baked potatoes etc.). Free food tastes so good.

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

 

[tre]

germs are delicious....

 

[Duke]

germs are delicious....

CHEESE!

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Mission accomplished!

 

[Coqui]

I remember that Mythbusters tested this urban legend/"rule". If I recall, it didn't make much of a difference if it was just a second or 5 seconds, or hours. It all became covered in germs.

That said, depends on the food and the location of where it is being ate at. I usually just throw the food item away.

I know they did double dipping and busted that myth. But I don't recall the 5 second rule one.

 

[Applesauce]

What if it was succulent crispy bacon?

kjashfksjd Or even a juicy burger patty??

 

[Applesauce]

I was so drunk and poor at a festival once that me and a friend were walking round swooping food off the floor that people had discarded (noodles, baked potatoes etc.). Free food tastes so good.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

No
If it hits the floor its trash
Dirt and pubes dont wait five seconds to jump on something
Yall are nasty

 

[Applesauce]

No
If it hits the floor its trash
Dirt and pubes dont wait five seconds to jump on something
Yall are nasty

You has dirt and pubes on your floor?

 

[Thorn Bird]

yer back to drool-boy!!

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

^ Exactly what I was just thinking.

Then again Drool is a werewolf.....

 

[ERage]

I remember that Mythbusters tested this urban legend/"rule". If I recall, it didn't make much of a difference if it was just a second or 5 seconds, or hours. It all became covered in germs.

That said, depends on the food and the location of where it is being ate at. I usually just throw the food item away.

I think the deal was the two biggest factors was how wet/sticky was the food and where did it get dropped.

if you drop a sauced up meatball on the floor in the subway, it's gonna be a lot worse than a jawbreaker falling in the same spot.

Time on floor was irrelevant.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

I know they did double dipping and busted that myth. But I don't recall the 5 second rule one.

They didn't completely bust the myth, they just found it's not "like putting your mouth in the bowl".

Double-dipping is still gross, unless it's with someone you'd swap spit with anyway.

 

[Applesauce]

OK, no, I wouldn't pick anything up from a public floor.

Unlesssss, it was mehbee...grass? How's that? It's nature!

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

Double dipping??

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

You has dirt and pubes on your floor?

Oh yeah
In big piles all over the place
You dont?