The Five Second Rule

[Out of Order]

Tonight I will drop dinner on the floor to test this out. If I'm not here again you will know this didn't turn out well.

Is the mythical "five-second rule" actually real? - CBS News

 

[Walter Oobleck]

Had this dog this once, he'd stand under the table, just stand there knowing something was going to drop. Someone'd get up, get something from the fridge say, he'd glance up, lick his lips and go back to watching the floor. You had to be quick or just abandon all thought of ever getting anything back once it was dropped. He'd be on it. He was a firm believer in the 2-second-rule. Anything dropped was his! But otherwise, I thought it was ten-seconds...poetic license I think, once you reach a certain age.

 

[fushingfeef]

Good luck, I think you'll survive!

Vsauce did a great video on this last year too!

 

[Spideyman]

Can not be tested in my house. Nothing- food wise- will last 5 seconds on the floor. Critters travel fast and food disappears!!

 

[Out of Order]

Can not be tested in my house. Nothing- food wise- will last 5 seconds on the floor. Critters travel fast and food disappears!!

 

[skimom2]

Didn't Mythbusters do something with the five second rule? I think they determined a hard dry food (Cracker, cookie) was prob okay, but moist food (I think they used turkey or ham or something dinner-like) was a germ laden virus fest.

Good Luck, OoO.

 

[Autumn Gust]

Five second? It's more like ten in our house!

 

[Out of Order]

Five second? It's more like ten in our house!

By counting Mississippi?

 

[Autumn Gust]

By counting Mississippi?

Not Mississippi…. we actually use "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". How much germier can it get??

 

[Out of Order]

 

[Agincourt Concierge]

well... I have lived by the 5 second rule all my life and I made to 50 ... I say ....go for it ....

 

[DiO'Bolic]

I ate a Good & Plenty I found on the floor last night while changing wiring on the entertainment center. My wife said she hasn’t bought them in over a year. I noticed it was a little tougher than I remember. Well if I don’t see ya’ll later, its been fun.

 

[Grandpa]

And to think that our not-so-distant ancestors would dig stuff out of the ground and plop it in their mouths.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

And to think that our not-so-distant ancestors would dig stuff out of the ground and plop it in their mouths.

I still do this today. Nothing like an onion, radish, carrot or raw potato right from the ground to your mouth with just a few shakes to get a little of the dirt gone. Hmmm... maybe some here are correct and I haven't evolved much.

 

[doowopgirl]

Didn't Mythbusters do something with the five second rule? I think they determined a hard dry food (Cracker, cookie) was prob okay, but moist food (I think they used turkey or ham or something dinner-like) was a germ laden virus fest.

Good Luck, OoO.
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I think you're right.

 

[fljoe0]

It really depends on how much I like the food I drop, whether I'll eat it. If I drop a piece of bacon, hell yeah I'll eat it.

 

[The Nameless]

Didn't Mythbusters do something with the five second rule? I think they determined a hard dry food (Cracker, cookie) was prob okay, but moist food (I think they used turkey or ham or something dinner-like) was a germ laden virus fest.

Good Luck, OoO.

I love mythbusters. I think if I can remember, it turned out that yes, just as common sense dictates, drop something on a dirty floor, bacteria doesn't need time. 1 second, 5 seconds, 1 minute - all nonesense, if it hits the floor, the bacteria is on it immediately. Anything moist will collect more grit and grime, thus more bacteria. Drop anything onto a dirty unclean floor, you're probably going to ingest some particularly bad nasties. Drop food onto a sterylised floor, you'll probably be ok, but depending on how you cleaned it, you could end up with bleach flavoured food - still not very good for you.

With me, if it hits the floor, it goes in the bin.

 

[Neesy]

(You've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die!)

 

[Neesy]

(You've got to eat a peck of dirt before you die!)

I forgot to quote Gramps

 

[Neesy]

And to think that our not-so-distant ancestors would dig stuff out of the ground and plop it in their mouths.

See above Grandpa - I am not quite sure yet how to do the "multiquote" thing here (another board upgrade, apparently)