Five second rule

**cdcox** · 04-17-2007, 07:17 PM

We've all heard of the five second rule, where you can eat dropped food, as long as it is on the ground for five seconds or less. But not all ground or food are equal in application of the rule. Hence a poll.

listopencil · 04-17-2007, 07:20 PM

You need a poll.

FAX · 04-17-2007, 07:21 PM

Poll come forth!! I command thee!

FAX

Dr. Johnny Fever · 04-17-2007, 07:22 PM

Unless the floor is in the men's room.....

**cdcox** · 04-17-2007, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FAX

Poll come forth!! I command thee!

FAX

Wow, it worked!

FAX the poll charmer.

Mr. Plow · 04-17-2007, 07:47 PM

Too many choices. 5 seconds are fine by me as long as the floor is not noticeably dirty.....or it's a bathroom. But then again, why am I eating in the bathroom.

**cdcox** · 04-18-2007, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Too many choices. 5 seconds are fine by me as long as the floor is not noticeably dirty.....or it's a bathroom. But then again, why am I eating in the bathroom.

Saturday morning on the throne with coffee, some toast, and wireless internet. Doesn't get much better.

wutamess · 04-18-2007, 08:46 AM

Which 2 of you fuggers would eat anything no matter what?

wutamess · 04-18-2007, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

Saturday morning on the throne with coffee, some toast, and wireless internet. Doesn't get much better.

Never understood how people could eat or drink in the bathroom.
I guess it's a mind over matter type thing but it's just nasty as hell.

JBucc · 04-18-2007, 08:49 AM

No dirt or hair=Eat it.

**Baby Lee** · 04-18-2007, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wutamess

Never understood how people could eat or drink in the bathroom.
I guess it's a mind over matter type thing but it's just nasty as hell.

A beer in the bath/shower after a long day of yard work is as far as I could go.

Infidel Goat · 04-18-2007, 12:12 PM

What I find astonishing is that two more people are willing to eat a biscuit that falls on a clean floor than are willing to eat a rib that fell on a clean floor.

Either we have some vegetarians or idiots on the board...

stlchiefs · 04-18-2007, 12:17 PM

I didn't vote that way, but maybe they are still wary of the sauce on the rib picking up crap (though the floor is clean), compared to the solid biscuit coming up unscathed?

trndobrd · 04-18-2007, 01:13 PM

What is the deal with today's liberal mindset? A rule is a rule! We can't just manufacture execptions out of thin air just because we feel like it. This kind of tampering with established rule of law, just because it is popular will be the ruin of our society. When the Founding Fathers put the 5 second rule in the Constitution it was because they had just fought a war against British oppression and they knew that there was no divine right of Kings to eat anything off the floor regardless of how long it had been there. The Framers of the Constitution also knew that the Northern tradition of waste not-want not had already been codified in the MayFlower Compact. That is why we, privileged by God himself to be Americans, have a full five seconds to pick up and eat things off the floor, whenever, wherever. Why do you morally bankrupt secular humanists insist on depriving us of our God given, Constitutional rights?

KC Kings · 04-18-2007, 01:23 PM

There are no exceptions to the 5 second rule. Period. Would I eat something that fell in a urinal? I don't eat in the bathroom so I wouldn't be in that situation. The only time that food can not be eaten after taking a fall is if the food item is destroyed to the point it can not be consumed. Beer spilling in the grass, pudding dropped on the floor, etc... The foo dmust be totally destroyed though. You drop a bagel cream cheese side down in the grass, you wipe off the cream cheese and continue eating. You drop pizza face down in the dirt, take of the cheese and eat the rest.

View Poll Results: Check the following situations to which the five second rule applies:
A biscuit falls on a clean kitchen floor	28	66.67%
A biscuit falls on a kitchen floor that hasn’t been swept or mopped in two weeks	15	35.71%
A biscuit falls on the carpet that hasn’t been vacuumed in two weeks. I looks clean…	24	57.14%
A biscuit falls on the drive way	19	45.24%
A biscuit falls on the ground. It comes up dirty, but you can brush it off.	14	33.33%
A biscuit falls on the floor of your car. You haven’t vacuumed in two months.	16	38.10%
A bratwurst falls in the ashes. You brush it off.	15	35.71%
A bratwurst falls in the ashes. You rinse it off.	26	61.90%
A BBQ rib falls on a clean kitchen floor.	25	59.52%
A BBQ rib falls on a kitchen floor that hasn’t been swept or mopped in two weeks. It has some hair and grit attached to it.	7	16.67%
A BBQ rib slathered in sauce falls on the carpet. It comes up fuzzy.	9	21.43%
A BBQ rib falls on your driveway.	15	35.71%
A BBQ rib falls on the ground. It’s got some dirt stuck to it, that you can’t really brush off.	8	19.05%
A BBQ rib falls on the floor of your car. Fuzzy, gritty rib.	7	16.67%
A BBQ rib falls in the sink where you’ve got some discarded chicken parts lying.	7	16.67%
A BBQ rib falls in next to your toilet.	6	14.29%
I don’t believe in the five second rule. It touches the ground its trash.	8	19.05%
I don’t believe in the five second rule. If it doesn’t kill me, it will make me stronger, so down the hatch.	16	38.10%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

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04-17-2007, 07:47 PM	#6
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04-18-2007, 08:46 AM	#8
wutamess MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lee's Summit Casino cash: $5391637	Which 2 of you fuggers would eat anything no matter what?
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04-18-2007, 08:49 AM	#10
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04-18-2007, 12:12 PM	#12
Infidel Goat Beer Sherpa Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: shackled in a cellar Casino cash: $4012493	What I find astonishing is that two more people are willing to eat a biscuit that falls on a clean floor than are willing to eat a rib that fell on a clean floor. Either we have some vegetarians or idiots on the board...
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04-18-2007, 12:17 PM	#13
stlchiefs Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: St. Loser, MO Casino cash: $10005674	I didn't vote that way, but maybe they are still wary of the sauce on the rib picking up crap (though the floor is clean), compared to the solid biscuit coming up unscathed?
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04-18-2007, 01:13 PM	#14
trndobrd 'Stachecicle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Tolerance Box Casino cash: $4975087	What is the deal with today's liberal mindset? A rule is a rule! We can't just manufacture execptions out of thin air just because we feel like it. This kind of tampering with established rule of law, just because it is popular will be the ruin of our society. When the Founding Fathers put the 5 second rule in the Constitution it was because they had just fought a war against British oppression and they knew that there was no divine right of Kings to eat anything off the floor regardless of how long it had been there. The Framers of the Constitution also knew that the Northern tradition of waste not-want not had already been codified in the MayFlower Compact. That is why we, privileged by God himself to be Americans, have a full five seconds to pick up and eat things off the floor, whenever, wherever. Why do you morally bankrupt secular humanists insist on depriving us of our God given, Constitutional rights? __________________ "I don't really think there is a need to raise or debate this point." -jAZ
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04-18-2007, 01:23 PM	#15
KC Kings Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: KC Casino cash: $10004900	There are no exceptions to the 5 second rule. Period. Would I eat something that fell in a urinal? I don't eat in the bathroom so I wouldn't be in that situation. The only time that food can not be eaten after taking a fall is if the food item is destroyed to the point it can not be consumed. Beer spilling in the grass, pudding dropped on the floor, etc... The foo dmust be totally destroyed though. You drop a bagel cream cheese side down in the grass, you wipe off the cream cheese and continue eating. You drop pizza face down in the dirt, take of the cheese and eat the rest.
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