Comments on: The 5-Second Rule. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:22:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-115138 Alex Fri, 25 May 2007 15:57:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/#comment-115138 Whatever you do, just <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/14/fast-food-restaurants-ice-worse-than-their-toilet-water/" rel="nofollow">don't drop it on some ice</a>. Whatever you do, just don't drop it on some ice.

]]> By: Dusty http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-115047 Dusty Fri, 25 May 2007 08:07:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/#comment-115047 If it were really safe, then you could also suck spilled liquids off the floor. If it were really safe, then you could also suck spilled liquids off the floor.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-114924 Bryan Thu, 24 May 2007 23:24:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/#comment-114924 What if you're eating a big sloppy piece of pizza and you drop it in front of the urinal trough in the men's room of Fenway Park? What if you're eating a big sloppy piece of pizza and you drop it in front of the urinal trough in the men's room of Fenway Park?

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-114905 ted Thu, 24 May 2007 22:40:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/#comment-114905 Why do you have dog crap on your floor? Clean it up, you pig. Why do you have dog crap on your floor?
Clean it up, you pig.

]]> By: Chef Mark http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-114828 Chef Mark Thu, 24 May 2007 18:32:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/#comment-114828 When I worked at a country club as a chef and a trainee asked if we had a "5 second rule", I said "what is that?" He said, "you know, if you pick it up within 5 seconds you can still serve it." I told him, "no, we have a 'footprint rule', if you can't see footprints on it, go ahead and serve it." When I worked at a country club as a chef and a trainee asked if we had a "5 second rule", I said "what is that?" He said, "you know, if you pick it up within 5 seconds you can still serve it." I told him, "no, we have a 'footprint rule', if you can't see footprints on it, go ahead and serve it."

]]> By: Rexmons http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-114801 Rexmons Thu, 24 May 2007 16:31:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/#comment-114801 What if you're eating an apple and drop it right into a pile of dog crap? What if you're eating an apple and drop it right into a pile of dog crap?

]]> By: Aimee http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-114794 Aimee Thu, 24 May 2007 15:51:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/#comment-114794 Mythbusters also studied this and came up with the opposite conclusion. Mythbusters also studied this and came up with the opposite conclusion.

]]> By: homero http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-114578 homero Thu, 24 May 2007 02:35:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/#comment-114578 In Snopes they refer to another study with exacly the opposite conclusion: http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/dropped.asp Saludos! In Snopes they refer to another study with exacly the opposite conclusion:

http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/dropped.asp

Saludos!

]]> By: MrPumpernickel http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-114567 MrPumpernickel Thu, 24 May 2007 01:46:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/23/the-5-second-rule/#comment-114567 Though it obviously depends on factors like how dirty the floor you're dropping the food on is, what kind of bacteria, what kind of food is dropped and so forth. Not to mention that just "a floor" won't be a proper analogue for all floors out there, the only way to really simulate it is to create a floor with an even amount of bacteria spread over the surface. Mythbusters did a test similar to the students but used an analogue and found out that it doesn't really matter if it sits one second, five seconds or longer (within reasonable time range) when it comes to bacteria pick-up. Though it obviously depends on factors like how dirty the floor you're dropping the food on is, what kind of bacteria, what kind of food is dropped and so forth. Not to mention that just "a floor" won't be a proper analogue for all floors out there, the only way to really simulate it is to create a floor with an even amount of bacteria spread over the surface.

Mythbusters did a test similar to the students but used an analogue and found out that it doesn't really matter if it sits one second, five seconds or longer (within reasonable time range) when it comes to bacteria pick-up.

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