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Poll: 5 sec rule

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
At my own house where I have some vague idea of what's been across the floor, no problem. Heck, I've wiped goat poo out of the feed trough with my bare hand, then came inside to eat a sandwich. Things like that really don't phase me too much.
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I'm the same way. not with goats but cows/dogs/cats etc


i seem to remember reading a report that said that people really to much on anti-bacteria stuff. And people living in the country with animals have less health problems because the body has stronger immunity's


but i have no trouble picking something up off the floor and eating it. unless its something sticky then i eat it.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: rivan
The rule is totally subject to the type of food. Hard, non-sticky stuff that lands on clean floor... you're good to go.
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Precisely.

5 second rule doesn't make sense anyway. Once it makes contact, and you pick it up, it's going to pull up some dirt, regardless of how long it's been there. (Regardless - that's assuming 5 seconds versus 5 minutes, not 5 seconds versus 5 days.)
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Pshaw! You're forgetting basic science. When the food hits the floor, the germs are frightened by the impact and scurry away. It takes at least 5 seconds for them to realize it was nothing to be scared of and return and infect the food. ATOT is so uneducated sometimes. :roll:







😛
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: DrPizza
At my own house where I have some vague idea of what's been across the floor, no problem. Heck, I've wiped goat poo out of the feed trough with my bare hand, then came inside to eat a sandwich. Things like that really don't phase me too much.
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I'm the same way. not with goats but cows/dogs/cats etc


i seem to remember reading a report that said that people really to much on anti-bacteria stuff. And people living in the country with animals have less health problems because the body has stronger immunity's


but i have no trouble picking something up off the floor and eating it. unless its something sticky then i eat it.
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yup... germs are good for you...

I mock my germaphobic friends and laugh at them when they get sick all the time, I've been sick twice in the last 20 years.
 
people..there are families out there that eat raw meat. yes, pure raw uncooked meat.
one such family was on an episode of wife swap.

anyway, you have to excersise your immune system just like you do your muscles or your brain. if you go all antibacterial, the moreso, the more prone you are to sickness. plus there is both good bacteria as there is bad. good bacteria is everywhere too.
nature always has a balance, we as humans with our conformed societies are waht disrupt the balance.
 
Originally posted by: Jadow
Like an M&M yeah. a piece of meat or something tacky, no.
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unless you are eating that meat raw then anything on it will be killed while cooking it..
 
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
It depends on the type of food and the type of floor that it falls on.
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In my house, most things that hit the vinyl flooring are ok...that floor is usually clean enough to eat off of anyway, but carpet? not unless it's something hard & dry like a chip...
<kaaaa...wipes carpet fuzz off tongue.pbbbt!>
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
It depends on the type of food and the type of floor that it falls on.
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In my house, most things that hit the vinyl flooring are ok...that floor is usually clean enough to eat off of anyway, but carpet? not unless it's something hard & dry like a chip...
<kaaaa...wipes carpet fuzz off tongue.pbbbt!>
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Exactly. If I drop my M&Ms on my tile floor I don't care. If I drop it into my guinea pig cage I'm not touching that anymore... unless of course I just finished changing his bedding.
 
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
It depends on the type of food and the type of floor that it falls on.
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In my house, most things that hit the vinyl flooring are ok...that floor is usually clean enough to eat off of anyway, but carpet? not unless it's something hard & dry like a chip...
<kaaaa...wipes carpet fuzz off tongue.pbbbt!>
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Exactly. If I drop my M&Ms on my tile floor I don't care. If I drop it into my guinea pig cage I'm not touching that anymore... unless of course I just finished changing his bedding.
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chew

chew

chew

hmmm this is not a M&M

barf!

 
Originally posted by: Gothgar
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: DrPizza
At my own house where I have some vague idea of what's been across the floor, no problem. Heck, I've wiped goat poo out of the feed trough with my bare hand, then came inside to eat a sandwich. Things like that really don't phase me too much.
Click to expand...

I'm the same way. not with goats but cows/dogs/cats etc


i seem to remember reading a report that said that people really to much on anti-bacteria stuff. And people living in the country with animals have less health problems because the body has stronger immunity's


but i have no trouble picking something up off the floor and eating it. unless its something sticky then i eat it.
Click to expand...

yup... germs are good for you...

I mock my germaphobic friends and laugh at them when they get sick all the time, I've been sick twice in the last 20 years.
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You're absolutely right. Germs are good for you. Why do you think allergies are so rampant over the last 20 years? Being too germophobic and the use of anti-microbial stuff everywhere.

If it falls on the floor then eat it.
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
5 sec. is too restrictive, you can go 20-30 sec. or more
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:thumbsup:

Some university did a study on the subject; this (30 seconds or so) was their official ruling. Too bad I can't find the link anymore.
 
IIRC i've read on "The Week" that the 5-second rule is BS... bacteria or whatever on the ground adheres to the object upon contact anyway.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Gothgar
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: DrPizza
At my own house where I have some vague idea of what's been across the floor, no problem. Heck, I've wiped goat poo out of the feed trough with my bare hand, then came inside to eat a sandwich. Things like that really don't phase me too much.
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I'm the same way. not with goats but cows/dogs/cats etc


i seem to remember reading a report that said that people really to much on anti-bacteria stuff. And people living in the country with animals have less health problems because the body has stronger immunity's


but i have no trouble picking something up off the floor and eating it. unless its something sticky then i eat it.
Click to expand...

yup... germs are good for you...

I mock my germaphobic friends and laugh at them when they get sick all the time, I've been sick twice in the last 20 years.
Click to expand...

You're absolutely right. Germs are good for you. Why do you think allergies are so rampant over the last 20 years? Being too germophobic and the use of anti-microbial stuff everywhere.

If it falls on the floor then eat it.
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Lick that MRSA; it'll make ya stronger!

Hell, just rub it into an open wound; the true path to healthy living.

e coli, it's not just for breakfast anymore.

Pass the avian flu eye salve, I hear it sharpens the vision.

HTLV-3 enema anyone?
 
We have the 3 second rule. Never heard of the 5 second rule. Those extra 2 seconds allow millions of bacteria onto the food item. I'd throw it away after that long.
 
Mythbusters tested this already. Even after a second in the floor, you got any bacteria that was down there stuck to the food.
 
Whats the five second rule? I just scatter everything on the floor and walk away for awhile, when I come back the food tastes much better then before.
 
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Mythbusters tested this already. Even after a second in the floor, you got any bacteria that was down there stuck to the food.
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it took mythbusters to prove that to you?
 
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