Do you use the five second rule?

by Monster Claws Posted 2011/04/19 17:59:11

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	YES!!	86 votes	35%
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Dave The Canuck 2012/06/20 00:16:24

YES!!

But I don't think the bacteria on the floor is all that harmful in your body. I've eaten food I've dropped on the floor numerous times and haven't gotten sick. As for the validity of the rule, I don't think it makes any difference whether the food has been on the floor for five seconds or five hours. The bacteria is on it right away.

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Ken 2011/05/05 20:00:01

YES!!

+1
more like the 5 minute rule..

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Gabhain 2011/05/01 05:43:20 (edited)

sometimes

+1

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Padfoot 2011/04/28 21:39:32

YES!!

+1
only its not five seconds i dont really mind how long its on the ground i will still eat it :L

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Michigan Wolverines† 2011/04/27 23:21:34

sometimes

+1
depends if im eatin shrimp and a shrimpy falls then hell yeah im goin after it lol i love shrimp

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sailor 2011/04/24 15:18:09

YES!!

+2
absolutely ...

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Tau_Seti to sailor 2011/04/25 13:57:02

+2
The downer on deprivation is that it's over so quickly.

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~Haru ♥'s Hidan~ 2011/04/24 02:28:21

YES!!

+2
OF COURSE! OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF FOOD!

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sweetgreatmom 2011/04/21 20:49:52

YES!!

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If it's all I got to eat, then hell yes.

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Susy 2011/04/20 21:45:02

sometimes

+2
Sometimes depends & no i aint no trash picker but yeahhh..THAT's DIFFeRenT!!

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David 2011/04/20 21:12:48

eww no

+2
I follow the zero second rule!

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McKenzieIsbister-Cook 2011/04/20 20:28:49

YES!!

+2
i just rinse it off lol

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Piwan 2011/04/20 19:54:20

sometimes

+2
beware, i have heard KFC uses this rule!

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sailor to Piwan 2011/04/24 15:18:45

+2
hahaha YIKES!

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Piwan to sailor 2011/04/24 15:38:59

+2
Strangely enough, it doesn't really bother me too much unless something was dropped in a restroom or outside on the ground!

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sailor to Piwan 2011/04/24 16:18:33

+2
I am in agreement

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Piwan to sailor 2011/04/24 16:21:25

+1
As long as the floor is clean, etc. I don't think much harm can be done.

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ZlikaJay 2011/04/20 19:45:03 (edited)

sometimes

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If its something I absolutely love-(that does not include anything sticky gooey, or in liquid form) please, I don't care if its been on the floor 15 seconds. Then again i'm not crazy- ifs dropped in crap, dirt, or dust, forget it, i mean come on, don't be gross. Other wise if the floor is fairly clean, then yes. Most times in public absolutely not, who knows what things been there before I was. I'm also a pretty clean person so anything that drops on my turf, I'd pick it up and pop it right back in as if it never happened. Otherwise i leave it, and contribute to the little critters' winter food.

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sylviaplatt 2011/04/20 18:40:08

eww no

+3
too much cat hair on my floor from my two cats

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Piwan to sylviap... 2011/04/20 19:55:07

+2
Funny, i have a cat but her hair doesn't bother me...its HUMAN hair that really grosses me out on food!

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sailor to sylviap... 2011/04/24 15:19:18

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lol

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. 2011/04/20 18:35:10

sometimes

+2
as long as it doesnt have icky stuff on it im good

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sailor to . 2011/04/24 15:19:35

+1
lol

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MOMMA THOMAS 2011/04/20 18:27:57

eww no

+2
THINK OF ALL THE THINGS YOU AND OTHERS WALK THROUGH!

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Gwen 2011/04/20 18:21:54

sometimes

+2
depends on the type of floor and the location of the floor....and the substance dropped.

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sailor to Gwen 2011/04/24 15:20:04

so, you are a picky eater. LOL

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Gwen to sailor 2011/04/25 00:57:56

+1
lol....not really....can always resort to " camping rules "...

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sailor to Gwen 2011/04/25 13:46:38

lol

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Jerry 2011/04/20 18:09:40

YES!!

+2
Germ intake helps build the immune system and I cant forget about all the little starving children overseas that mom and dad used to tell me about.

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Dickens 2011/04/20 18:08:34

sometimes

+2
I'm the only one living here, so every germ in my house is mine; I have a five MINUTE rule.

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sailor to Dickens 2011/04/24 15:20:57

lol

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FunnyLittleNightmare 2011/04/20 18:07:24

sometimes

+2
As long as I'm at home and what I dropped wasn't a liquid or liquid like substance eg, Ice Cream

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cali 2011/04/20 18:01:18

sometimes

+2
I only do it at home though. In public...no! And that's if the floor is clean.

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misterz 2011/04/20 17:56:47

YES!!

+4
Yep, and 55 years later I am still here.

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Kristen Jareth 2011/04/20 17:44:50

YES!!

+2
Although it depends on where I am, what I dropped and where it landed.

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Dinha 2011/04/20 16:11:23

YES!!

+2
Yep. But I'm more rigid: I use the 'three seconds and no hair' rule. Except with cigarettes - the limit time is something about 2 minutes. ;)

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Kawaii<3 2011/04/20 16:08:16

sometimes

+2
Not if it's soup:)

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***SeXyChIcK*** 2011/04/20 16:07:02

sometimes

+2
Depends on what I drop lol

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sailor to ***SeXy... 2011/04/24 15:22:00

+1
yup ... that can be very important when using the 5 second rule

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***SeXy... to sailor 2011/05/06 16:16:51

+2
Lol yep

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