The Five Second Rule

[fuzzis]

How Dirty is That Bologna? (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/dining/09curi.html?em&ex=1178942400&en=69f69e372c952897&ei=5087%0A)

On surfaces that had been contaminated eight hours earlier, slices of bologna and bread left for five seconds took up from 150 to 8,000 bacteria. Left for a full minute, slices collected about 10 times more than that from the tile and carpet, though a lower number from the wood.

Ewwwwwwwwwww.

[jmb]

If it hits my floor, I'm not eating it whether it's five seconds of a full minute! lol

[aaron]

I saw a study last year that said the 5 second rule was true. They kept dropping things on the floor and said overall, 5 seconds wasn't enough time for enough bacteria to collect to be dangerous to your body.

[bpitt]

Dang, we don't have the 5 second rule at my house, we got the 10 second or daddy gonna eat it, whether it be a chicken nugget or a peanut butter sandwich, I ain't gonna let it waste, God bless those starving pygmies in New Guniea..........

[IGID]

I saw a study last year that said the 5 second rule was true. They kept dropping things on the floor and said overall, 5 seconds wasn't enough time for enough bacteria to collect to be dangerous to your body.You should watch MythBusters more. They did a show on that very thing and it is definately NOT true. Myth busted.

[58ford]

Bacteria Schmacteria, I figure a little more protein can't hurt.

[dollfus46]

I saw a study last year that said the 5 second rule was true. They kept dropping things on the floor and said overall, 5 seconds wasn't enough time for enough bacteria to collect to be dangerous to your body.

And I'm living proof of that. I always thought of it as building up my immune system.

[dollfus46]

We never miss Mythbusters, IGID. My son loves it.

In that show, didn't they prove that the toilet seat was actually cleaner than the floor?

Must be psychological. I'd pick something up off the floor I just dropped and eat it. But I sure as heck wouldn't eat something I happened to drop on the toilet seat. On second thought, what would I possibly be eating in the bathroom!!? To quote Fuzzis, Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[LipsofanAngel]

Must be psychological. I'd pick something up off the floor I just dropped and eat it. But I sure as heck wouldn't eat something I happened to drop on the toilet seat. On second thought, what would I possibly be eating in the bathroom!!? To quote Fuzzis, Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I've had plenty a morning that I ate my daily oatmeal while putting on makeup at my bathroom sink/counter. But, I don't drop my spoon anywhere... and I don't spray hairspray while I'm eating.

[aaron]

You should watch MythBusters more. They did a show on that very thing and it is definately NOT true. Myth busted.

Well, what you have to consider is how much bacteria can be on an object before your body is overloaded. With some infections, it can take 100,000. With some, 5,000. Having 18,000 bacteria on something is not necessarily a bad thing. As a matter of fact, if it's not enough, it can actually improve your immune system. There are more bacteria on your cell phone than the floor, and you put your mouth up to that all the time.

[wilebill]

We never miss Mythbusters, IGID. My son loves it.

In that show, didn't they prove that the toilet seat was actually cleaner than the floor?Yeah, but there's a lot less butt juice on the floor.

[IGID]

We never miss Mythbusters, IGID. My son loves it.

In that show, didn't they prove that the toilet seat was actually cleaner than the floor?Yep. The actual toilet seat has less bacteria on it than almost every place in your house. Did you happen to see the one where they put the toothbrush's in the bathroom and around the house? If you did, you'll be looking to purchase a toothbrush sanitizer.

[firefly]

Ewwwwwww!!! on the toothbrushes in the bathroom!:smt118

[HorseWhisperer]

Well... I aint dead yet is all I can say...

[big john]

I keep my toothbrush in a stainless steel box inside a safe in my bedroom,YET i will swim in the leaf river and not mind if i get a little water in my mouth,eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EricStratton]

I keep my toothbrush in a stainless steel box inside a safe in my bedroom,YET i will swim in the leaf river and not mind if i get a little water in my mouth,eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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[pinkytuscadero]

We never miss Mythbusters, IGID. My son loves it.

In that show, didn't they prove that the toilet seat was actually cleaner than the floor?

Shut up! :smt118 Are you serious? I am going to watch more Mythbusters!