The 5 second rule

[mrandmrspoves]

Depends where you are stood.

Public carsey...............should be OK. NHS hospital ward..............no f****** way.

You assumed the NHS kitchens are cleaner?

 

[ComedyPilot]

It's fine as long as you lick it clean first.

Lick what?.......The floor.............?

 

[biggs682]

go for it , whats the worst

 

[colly]

You assumed the NHS kitchens are cleaner?

Silly me !

 

[Haitch]

[QUOTE 2407956, member: 1314"]Just eat it it. Everyone's got to eat some dirt sometime.[/quote]


Thomas Hardy?

 

[roadrash]

Why does toast always fall the jam/butter side down

and a cat allways lands on its feet ...................so , what happens if you attatch a piece of buttered toast to a cats back and throw the cat in the air

 

[cyberknight]

There was a bit on the news in the week about this .
basically as soon as it hits the floor , no matter how clean it is the food picks up germs/bacteria as they took cultures from zero and 5 second drops and they were pretty much the same.

 

[Saluki]

The 5 seconds starts again, surely. Nothing would be on our floor for 5 seconds as we have a Greyhound who is starved to death, or so he would have you believe. We also reckon that the 5 second rule for sucky sweets can be stretched a bit, if the sweet is down there for say 10 seconds, hubby says that you can just lick the germs off and then its ok to eat.

My Aunt used to say 'you have to eat a peck of dirt before you die'. I am not sure how much a peck is but I figure that its probably quite a few sucky sweets worth.

 

[Haitch]

[QUOTE 2408149, member: 1314"]lol

I am a Thomas Hardy fan, as it goes, but no.[/quote]


In one of his novels, sorry can't remember which one, a baby dies and in the local hovel/inn that night, one of the locals says no one dies without eating dirt first. It made me smile when I saw your post.

 

[Arch]

There was a bit on the news in the week about this .
basically as soon as it hits the floor , no matter how clean it is the food picks up germs/bacteria as they took cultures from zero and 5 second drops and they were pretty much the same.

Someone on another forum pointed out that they didn't test the food before it dropped. It's quite possible the bacteria were already there.

and a cat allways lands on its feet ...................so , what happens if you attatch a piece of buttered toast to a cats back and throw the cat in the air

Perpetual motion machine!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Nothing would be on our floor for 5 seconds as we have a Greyhound who is starved to death, or so he would have you believe.

Change the word greyhound to collie-cross and this applies to me too.

I am not sure how much a peck is but I figure that its probably quite a few sucky sweets worth.

Yes, quite a few sweets - a peck is a measure of dry volume equating to 2 imperial gallons (9.09 litres for those who've gone metric).

 

[Furkz]

It's 3 sec rule for a start and secondary it depends how hungry you are. Standards drop when your hungry. Especially fat a long ride I wouldn't mind eating something that I normally wouldn't. Like fast food

 

[Trail Child]

I have 3 Labradors that would catch it mid air ...

 

[Spally]

It's 3 sec rule for a start and secondary it depends how hungry you are. Standards drop when your hungry. Especially fat a long ride I wouldn't mind eating something that I normally wouldn't. Like fast food

This is a whole new discussions as it appears opinions differ on this. Always been 5 seconds from where I'm from

 

[Peteaud]

The 5 seconds starts again, surely. Nothing would be on our floor for 5 seconds as we have a Greyhound who is starved to death, or so he would have you believe. We also reckon that the 5 second rule for sucky sweets can be stretched a bit, if the sweet is down there for say 10 seconds, hubby says that you can just lick the germs off and then its ok to eat.

My Aunt used to say 'you have to eat a peck of dirt before you die'. I am not sure how much a peck is but I figure that its probably quite a few sucky sweets worth.

A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume,[1] equivalent to 2 gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel.
In Scotland, the peck was used as a dry measure until the introduction of imperial units as a result of the Weights and Measures Act of 1824. The peck was equal to about 9 litres (1.98 Imp gal) (in the case of certain crops, such as wheat, peas, beans and meal) and about 13 litres (2.86 Imp gal) (in the case of barley, oats and malt). A firlot was equal to 4 pecks and the peck was equal to 4 lippies or forpets.

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