Easy there Scooter, I grew up no more than 15 minutes from Festus. I'd definitely go back and live in a cave there. Less then an hour to the city (St. Louis), close to the river (Mississippi and others) and PLUS you get to live in a cave.
I work in an independent health food store in Northern Arkansas and we're constantly hearing how we're "just like Wal-Marts", typically because we've either moved something to expand product line or the customer just can't remember where it is. But I seriously fail to see how we're exactly like a corporation that pulls all kinds of ridiculous schemes from top to bottom, just like this one, not to mention sells mostly unhealthy food at prices that really are not that cheap when you're stuck in a town without many other options.
I remember reading a quote from Tobe Hooper about how after certain scenes he'd yell "cut" and EVERYone, cast and crew, would run to the windows and throw up, it was that intense. I could see it. TCM is one of my favorite movies ever, simply because the sets are so detailed. Can you imagine the set up time it took for all those bones we see the first time the camera shows us the inside of the house?
But what are the odds of salmonella or E. coli being on the surface you happen to drop your food on?
There's many factors that go into my decision to follow the 5 second rule or not. How hungry am I and how much do I like the food that I just dropped? What sort of surface did I drop it on and is it the last one? It's a lot to think about in just 5 seconds.
There's many factors that go into my decision to follow the 5 second rule or not. How hungry am I and how much do I like the food that I just dropped? What sort of surface did I drop it on and is it the last one? It's a lot to think about in just 5 seconds.