The __-second rule for dropped food.

[Perd Hapley]

In news that sent shock-waves through the scientific community, it has been revealed that the five-second rule is not really for reals.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/three-second-rule-is-a-myth-says-new-research/

 

So do people really take the __-second rule seriously, or is it just the Telegraph that's clueless?

[KD5NRH]

So do people really take the __-second rule seriously, or is it just the Telegraph that's clueless?

My general rule is that I look at it and decide if washing it off will help.

[MechAg94]

I thought Mythbusters did that one years ago and found the same thing.

The Simpsons probably did it too. 

[RoadKingLarry]

It generally takes a lot less than 5 seconds for our dog to hoover up any dropped food. Most times it doesn't even make it to the floor.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

It generally takes a lot less than 5 seconds for our dog to hoover up any dropped food. Most times it doesn't even make it to the floor.

Yup

[Ben]

Probably the people worried about the three second rule should be more worried about whats in the hamburger/salad/chicken that they didn't drop on the floor. Or else not get overly worried and just eat.


I wonder how many people that worry about food germs worry about all the e coli that gets on their toothbrush from toilet flushing. 

[Hawkmoon]

My general rule was that if the food hit the floor -- it belonged to the dog, if she wanted it. Now that I no longer have the dog, if food hits the floor it goes directly to the garbage.

[BlueStarLizzard]

Between the dogs and the cats, food on floor doesn't really last.

For food that doesn't end up down a critters goozle pipe, as they used to say at the Christian summer camp I attended, "God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt"
My five second rule boils down to what is the visible condition of the floor, what normally happens on that floor and is anything stuck to the food? If the floor looks clean, does not generally have a lot of crazy gross stuff going on and the food doesn't have anything sticking to it, it's all good.

[230RN]

Reminds me of the joke about the lady of the house dropping the roast at her dinner party while bringing it into the dining room.

Quick-thinking husband says, "Oh, honey, don't worry, just take it back in the kitchen and bring out the other roast."

<rimshot>

In my house, the germs on the floor would devour it before any dog could ever get to it... five seconds or no five seconds.

Terry

[K Frame]

When Mason was alive the food would never hit the floor.

Not because he would grab it, but because it would land on the thick blanket of his shed fur that would reappear seconds after I'd clean it up...

[Marnoot]

Not because he would grab it, but because it would land on the thick blanket of his shed fur that would reappear seconds after I'd clean it up...

I'd say you should get a Roomba and hack it to follow your next Leonberger around, but it would probably choke on the fur before it ever made it back to its recharging station. 

[Perd Hapley]

For food that doesn't end up down a critters goozle pipe, as they used to say at the Christian summer camp I attended, "God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt"

True. Dirt don't hurt. Dirt is just broken-down rocks. If broken-down rocks were the only thing on the floor...

[K Frame]

I'd say you should get a Roomba and hack it to follow your next Leonberger around, but it would probably choke on the fur before it ever made it back to its recharging station.  

I know Leo owners who have tried Roomba and other robotic vacs.

FAIL.

Leo shedding during the "slow" months is serious.

During the spring and fall coat blows? It's like a tidal wave.

[roo_ster]

I plan on using the term "goozle pipe" at work once tomorrow.  I know a buddy at work who will appreciate it.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I plan on using the term "goozle pipe" at work once tomorrow.  I know a buddy at work who will appreciate it.

It's an old family favorite.

I know Leo owners who have tried Roomba and other robotic vacs.

FAIL.

Leo shedding during the "slow" months is serious.

During the spring and fall coat blows? It's like a tidal wave.

You should see what happens when we hit it with the blow dryer.

[MechAg94]

I recall mentioning it to my mother after I heard some bacteria can cause ulcers.  She just commented on how that was why we didn't eat food off the floor. 

I know how often I sweep and mop.  I don't eat food off the floor. 

[seeker_two]

https://youtu.be/PfiuIMwOq3s

[wmenorr67]

I look at it this way, after almost 20 years of eating military food and all the shots I have received prior to deployments, I don't think there is much that would hurt me on the floors of my house.

[K Frame]

"You should see what happens when we hit it with the blow dryer. "

I've seen it MANY times. Mason was my only Leonberger, but I'm well versed in the Leo, as quite a few of my friends have had them. I spent a considerable amount of time this evening scratching a Leonberger behind the ears. She seems to think I'm her special buddy.

[cordex]

I plan on using the term "goozle pipe" at work once tomorrow.  I know a buddy at work who will appreciate it.

That is a term that should be used with ample context clues.

[BlueStarLizzard]

"You should see what happens when we hit it with the blow dryer. "

I've seen it MANY times. Mason was my only Leonberger, but I'm well versed in the Leo, as quite a few of my friends have had them. I spent a considerable amount of time this evening scratching a Leonberger behind the ears. She seems to think I'm her special buddy.

Most people are not familiar with the blow dryers that the groomers use and our dryers are not the same as the traditional hair dryers since the object is to literally blow water and anything else out of the coats.

[K Frame]

"Most people are not familiar with the blow dryers that the groomers use"

I've often arrived at dog shows early, before the first rounds of judging, to the serenade of Xpowers, Metrovacs, ChallengeAir....

The Fur Chorus for Many Breeds.

[BlueStarLizzard]

"Most people are not familiar with the blow dryers that the groomers use"

I've often arrived at dog shows early, before the first rounds of judging, to the serenade of Xpowers, Metrovacs, ChallengeAir....

The Fur Chorus for Many Breeds.

They're only going at about half power, if that. 

[KD5NRH]

Most people are not familiar with the blow dryers that the groomers use and our dryers are not the same as the traditional hair dryers since the object is to literally blow water and anything else out of the coats.

Go big or go home.

[BlueStarLizzard]

Go big or go home.

They flap. It sounds funny...