So your fresh sliced apple or sausage hit the ground rolling. You picked it up fast in 2.567 seconds. Is it safe to eat?
The 5 second rule
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Yep
2.433 seconds to spare... 
Depends. On the ground outside or inside? Honestly if it was outside in the dirt or grass I'd say yeah. Inside I'd be more worried about. Seeing as dead skin makes up the majority of household dust.
The five second rule also applies to my iPhone that I just dropped in the loo [emoji372]
Thanks God it's still working ....
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Being an IPhone it would have been better to just leave it.
5 second rule? My dogs will have it in a split second.
But then I would have to put up with my android phone being abandoned by the manufacturer after 18 months or catching fire [emoji91][emoji91][emoji91][emoji91][emoji91][emoji4]
My next phone will be a Google Pixel... supported for at least 4 years.
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Can't go wrong with the pixel. I've been using the nexus 6 and I'm happy.
It depends on the ground. Or floor. Mythbusters did a thing on it, and found that 5 seconds was just an arbitrary number. Leaving it there longer did not much increase the amount of germs.
I think the only reason the "rule" exists is because for 5 seconds you certainly know how it got there, and what has happened to it since it fell.
When in doubt, I rinse.
I think the only reason the "rule" exists is because for 5 seconds you certainly know how it got there, and what has happened to it since it fell.
When in doubt, I rinse.
Safe? I don't know. Would I eat it? No way, lol.
simon1
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It's a scientifically proven fact.
I've seen studies that the 5 second rule is bogus...as soon as it hits the ground/floor it's contaminated.
Then I've seen research that said the 5 second rule is valid...not enough time for the little nasties to jump on the food.
But then...how contaminated are your hands, plate, utensils that have sat in the drawer, etc. that you are using to eat? Should we use rubber gloves to eat dinner?
Funny you should post this tonight, Aaron. I just had a brat in a hotdog bun that needed warmed up and when I got up the whole thing rolled off the plate onto the floor. I just picked up the brat in about 2.6 seconds and threw it back in the nuker, then chunked it back in the bun.
I'm just fine...head quiver...just fine...head quiver. Really, I'm just fine.
But, I used to eat dirt and dog food on a dare when I was a little kid...immune system musta got built up.
Yup.
I've seen studies that the 5 second rule is bogus...as soon as it hits the ground/floor it's contaminated.
Then I've seen research that said the 5 second rule is valid...not enough time for the little nasties to jump on the food.
But then...how contaminated are your hands, plate, utensils that have sat in the drawer, etc. that you are using to eat? Should we use rubber gloves to eat dinner?
Funny you should post this tonight, Aaron. I just had a brat in a hotdog bun that needed warmed up and when I got up the whole thing rolled off the plate onto the floor. I just picked up the brat in about 2.6 seconds and threw it back in the nuker, then chunked it back in the bun.
I'm just fine...head quiver...just fine...head quiver. Really, I'm just fine.
But, I used to eat dirt and dog food on a dare when I was a little kid...immune system musta got built up.
Yup.
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kelbro
Alfred Spatchcock
Scary but it's probably nearly as clean as many food processing plants since the continuing series of FDA cuts.
simon1
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Oh, and Dad and I would slice apples outside with our pocket knives, and sometimes we would drop a slice in the grass. Just picked it up and ate it.
So that's what is wrong with me.
So that's what is wrong with me.
i heard it was the 10 second rule, and if no one else is in the room 30 seconds
simon1
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I worked in meat processing plants in the '70s...bunch more regulations now.
As much as I am imbedded with apple I do like the Nexus phones.
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I don't slice raw meat on my floor. I know how clean it is when I drop something and make a judgement call.
Some of myth busters science can be a tad questionable.... hey it helps the immune systems... but in my house if it hits the floor it gets binned as Grimm the Doberman tends to stand in his own poop [emoji90]... shudder.
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When I make burger on the grill, it is almost guaranteed that one will hit the pavement.
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