Posted: 12/29/2007 2:29:55 PM EDT
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If you drop a piece of food on the floor, 5-second rule says it's good if you pick it up within 5 seconds. However - what if you pick it up say within 3 seconds - and then drop it again? Does the clock start over again with the second drop or is it 5-seconds for cumulative time on the floor? |
Ok think about it. You go to the mens room at some store. You stand in the puddle on the floor in front of the urinal to pee. You come home to make a sammich. You drop the bread on the floor for your ham & cheese sammich. You snatch it up quick before 5 seconds goes by and continue making your Ham, piss & cheese sammich Yummy 
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Yeah well, hate to break it to you, but do you know how much piss you probably get on your food thats not even dropped on the floor? Unless you are wearing gloves, hat, and washing everything beyond standards set for restaurants. And even then who says the food you buy is clean? That's why I just tend not to worry about these things, I'm still alive so far. |
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If it goes over the 5 second rule you just have to go to the 10 second rule. Seriously, some people freak out if they dont wash their hands 25 times a day. I actually have to do it since I work in a bar but if a steak drops on the floor while I am grilling AT MY HOUSE I just knock off the dirt and toss it back on for a few minutes. Germs make you stronger. You know those people who use the waterless hand scrubbing stuff all the time? They get sick more often than "normal" people. |
But thats piss I don't know about. I know I satnd in puddle in men's rooms |
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Good goggely moggely, If you had any idea of the amount of bacteria that you have on your hands, the floor is probably going to clean it off some compared to your vermin ridden mitts. 5 secs per drop if it is dry. Wet things are like a magnet, even 1 sec collects a lifetime. You guys that are afraid to eat anything that hits the floor, are the first to die when Captain Trips hit the air. |
This may be an interesting empirical test of single drop <5 sec. vs. multiple drop =5 sec. effects, as I would imagine that the 'splash' factor may result in greater quantities of manure on the food item due to repeated high velocity surface tension disturbances 
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In all honesty, it depends on what kind of food you're talking about. If it's an uncooked steak, 5 seconds on the floor probably isn't going to do anything that 30 seconds under running tap water won't un-do. Rinse it off, cook it well-done, and don't worry (or tell anyone!  ) about it.OTOH, if it's Cool-Whip or spilled beer - Well, you're probably better off just leaving it where it sits...
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This is true. As a result, following that episode, I immediately instituted the infinity rule. If it's on the floor, it's MINE. |