Rejoice!! you can now eat that skittle you just dropped!

[darth los]

I don't even know where this originated from. It's like an unwritten rule or something, but everyone knows about the 5 second rule right? It's something that's with us from childhood. Well it loks like that theory has been debunked. Apparently, in takes 30 seconds for bacteria to grow on "wet" food like sliced apples and and more than a minute on dry food like skittles. I shudder to think how much good food i wasted by following that stupid rule. Finally one of the most controversial issued of our time has been solved. Imagine if these people put their minds together in order to do something that could actually benifit mankind? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...,5068588.story

[MikePizzoff]

Holy crap. This is great news! [montage of me smacking food out of friends hands then picking it up off ground and eating it]

[bassman]

I always knew about the 5 second rule but never really cared. Depending on how much I wanted the food, I would eat it after any amount of time on the ground. I love the montage, Mike. Reminds of that "ICE CREAM!!!" skit from Eddie Murphy's "Delirious".

[darth los]

Holy crap. This is great news! [montage of me smacking food out of friends hands then picking it up off ground and eating it] Imagine the horror on their faces !!! That's just like having something that you know somebody wants, but you lick or slobber all over it so that no one else can have any.

[MinionZombie]

haha, wicked news! I've always used the "10 second rule", and we used to eat food off our floor at uni, that place - although we weren't that bothered/didn't realise much - must have been such a filth-hole (in hindsight, perhaps my increased tendancy to cough at uni was down to the mold-infested bathroom, spores and all that...)...anyway, we'd eat food we dropped on the floor, and it was proper hairy that floor...yeuch...depends on the food though, the wetter it was the more hair came back, if you couldn't pick it all off, then it was a binner. If it was picked clean - sorted.

[darth los]

I always knew about the 5 second rule but never really cared. Depending on how much I wanted the food, I would eat it after any amount of time on the ground. I love the montage, Mike. Reminds of that "ICE CREAM!!!" skit from Eddie Murphy's "Delirious". Ha! Ha! I love that bit. "I could drop my ice cream in a pile of sh8t and eat it!! It's just like sprinkles!!" HILARIOUS!!

[MissJacksonCA]

How desperate d'ya have to be to want to eat that skittle though? I read something once that 30% of bbqers pick food up from off the ground when they grill... that scares me... much like the unbridled enthusiasm about the 5 second rule expanding...

[Dtothe3]

Yeah but "muddy water syndrome" is all part of the fun of a BBQ

[MissJacksonCA]

stop you're scaring me

[darth los]

How desperate d'ya have to be to want to eat that skittle though? I read something once that 30% of bbqers pick food up from off the ground when they grill... that scares me... much like the unbridled enthusiasm about the 5 second rule expanding... And that's out in the open. Just imagine wha takes place behind closed doors at your favorite restaurant!!

[MissJacksonCA]

From what happened at the chain I worked at in SC ...the good ol oisynay ysteroay... they'd pick food up off the floor... pick flies out of the salad dressing... leave the wings out in the open (cooked) in the back and let any ol fly land on it... we found bugs in the stew... if it fell off the plate on the line it would be picked up and re-plated (despite it falling onto a surface that wasn't clean and covered in crud) and one time this chick ordered tuna grilled and they covered it in wasabi and terriyaki and sesame seeds and when I was like WTF they rinsed it off... I didnt serve it though... what if she was allergic? dumb mo fo's... but there's a lot of places that are remarkably clean and where the staff actually cares... its called in n out =) mmmm I could go for a burger but I haven't eaten since I saw that fat chick

[darth los]

its called in n out =) mmmm I could go for a burger but I haven't eaten since I saw that fat chick HMMMM...? in and out? Fat chick. Two phrases that i don't commonly associate with one another.

[Dtothe3]

I rarely eat out anymore unless it's somewhere fancy. I'd rather cook my own, besides, it's cheaper and tastier. My food also lacks the additional protein that may be found in fast food

[darth los]

After watching video of a taco bell in Manhattan after closing with about 50 rats scurrying around after just passing a health dept. inspection a few days prior I've sworn off eating out for a good long while.

[coma]

And that's out in the open. Just imagine wha takes place behind closed doors at your favorite restaurant!! Ecspecially if the 17 year old me worked there. Dont dis me, suit, or you'll be eating my pubes! After watching video of a taco bell in Manhattan after closing with about 50 rats scurrying around after just passing a health dept. inspection a few days prior I've sworn off eating out for a good long while. That was nasty. I ate there too. No more. Im getting a vomit chill just remember that