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I'm glad to hear floors are clean enough to eat of...

2008-07-20T23:09:00.000-04:00

I'm glad to hear floors are clean enough to eat off of. Now I'd like to see the myth about walking barefoot in restaurants/public squashed. If the floor is good enough for food then the same for barefeet.

----John,society for barefoot living: SBL.org

Hi Andrea!Sorry I missed your comment earlier. We...

2007-06-02T09:53:00.000-04:00

Hi Andrea!
Sorry I missed your comment earlier. We keep thinking we should go shoeless in our house too and even tried it for a few days, but found the on-ning and off-ing too tiresome. Which should make us less likely to eat off the floor, yet it doesn't somehow. Thanks for visiting, and you have a very cool blog & website!

That's why I keep trying to get my husband to take...

2007-05-31T19:59:00.000-04:00

That's why I keep trying to get my husband to take his shoes off in the house...

Hi one tough mama,Great blog you've got there. An...

2007-05-31T18:34:00.000-04:00

Hi one tough mama,
Great blog you've got there. And I bet you've all got good healthy immune systems. I think of floor germs sort of like cheap bacteria vaccines--a little bit to strenghten you without outright killing you.

We have no time limit at our house. If it comes up...

2007-05-31T17:44:00.000-04:00

We have no time limit at our house. If it comes up off of the floor in one piece with no dog hair on it, it's good to go.

Hooray, Samantha and Lady Rose,You are my kind of ...

2007-05-29T11:13:00.000-04:00

Hooray, Samantha and Lady Rose,

You are my kind of people!

Can Crabby admit that she has, on occasion, even plucked a cat hair or two off a dropped item and eaten it anyway? Bad, bad crab.

Very informative! hehehe I'm so glad I'm not onl...

2007-05-29T10:29:00.000-04:00

Very informative! hehehe I'm so glad I'm not only one who has a "five second rule" -- though if I can see hairs stuck on it, even I'll toss it the trash.

Oh, how did I forget to comment on you blog today,...

2007-05-29T00:21:00.000-04:00

Oh, how did I forget to comment on you blog today, Crabby? I read this post this morning and thought, "I like Crabby, she will eat off the floor like me." I think that will be my new criteria for friends. If they will eat something off the floor, they can come in. If they are too uptight, I'll just gross them out.

Hi John--I too tend to respond to the visual rathe...

2007-05-28T22:37:00.000-04:00

Hi John--
I too tend to respond to the visual rather than the invisible in evaluating what's safe to eat. Thanks for stopping by again.

And Hi Cindy!
I'm totally with you on the immune system thing. I think those of us who are a bit more flexible about germs actually build up the ability to fight off bad bacteria better than those who try to banish all the intruders from their lives.

(And in our house it's cat hair rather than dog hair, but we just pick it off. Our cat is never sick, so how bad could her fur be?)

Depending on what it is, which floor, and whether ...

2007-05-28T22:09:00.000-04:00

Depending on what it is, which floor, and whether it's covered with dog hair determines if the food can be eaten! LOL

For those of us who do use the 5 second rule, we probably have stronger immune systems because of our actions!!

I try to keep a clean house, but I'm not nutty about it. I don't use disinfecting hand soap, etc. So far no one's gotten sick from my house, and my kids and I are rarely sick.

I've had food poisoning, twice. Not just the stomach is acting up kind, the I think I need to be in the hospital kind. Both times related to eating out. I guess if I ever got sick from my own house I'd be more careful! LOL

If I don't see hair or dirt on it, I am okay with ...

2007-05-28T19:53:00.000-04:00

If I don't see hair or dirt on it, I am okay with eating it...lol.

Katieo,"And somehow announcing it "10 second rule!...

2007-05-28T19:07:00.000-04:00

Katieo,

"And somehow announcing it "10 second rule!" in front of people made it way less weird than if you just picked it up off the floor and ate it."

I think you just hit on the whole reason someone invented the rule--and the reason a lot of us still cling to it, even if we don't believe it. Otherwise, we look like total pigs.

Very clever!

hmmm. I always remembered it as the 10 second rule...

2007-05-28T18:47:00.000-04:00

hmmm. I always remembered it as the 10 second rule.

And somehow announcing it "10 second rule!" in front of people made it way less weird than if you just picked it up off the floor and ate it.

I definately have an "ignorance is bliss" kind of attitude when it comes to the floor...until one of us gets sick. yecchh.

Hi Travis (& Neil),I think we're developing a good...

2007-05-28T17:14:00.000-04:00

Hi Travis (& Neil),

I think we're developing a good set of non-kitchen corallaries here. Camping: Five seconds at least. Barns: Nope, the dogs get it.

Re. camping - yes, there is "clean" and there is "...

2007-05-28T16:45:00.000-04:00

Re. camping - yes, there is "clean" and there is "camping clean." Two completely different things.

Way I figure it is there ain't anything on my floo...

2007-05-28T16:28:00.000-04:00

Way I figure it is there ain't anything on my floor any worse than they put in hotdogs and Spam and since I like both of those my gut says eat it up.

Unless yoo happen to be dining in a barn then I strongly suggest you let the dogs fight over the scraps.

Hi Leah!Yes, I am a total believer in the "camping...

2007-05-28T15:44:00.000-04:00

Hi Leah!
Yes, I am a total believer in the "camping exception" to all rules of hygiene. Not that I apply them all that rigorously when not camping, either.

Dawn--I'm so with you, both on the spinach and the donut!

Hi neil, and welcome! (And I'm glad I'm not the only one who ends up double posting when the first one won't go through).

It is amazing the research that gets funded sometimes. Though it was an amusing enough premise that it probably got lots of publicity for them, which I believe may lead to more research $$ in the future. (Plus I have to admit, as someone who's been known to grab the stray M&M off the floor, that it was interesting to read about it).

It is hard to believe someone felt the need to inv...

2007-05-28T15:26:00.001-04:00

It is hard to believe someone felt the need to investigate that saying, as if anyone really believed it!

Love your site. I found it at Total Transformation. I figured that anything with the name "Crabby McSlacker" had to be interesting!

It is hard to believe someone felt the need to inv...

2007-05-28T15:26:00.000-04:00

Now this is my kind of study. Food - and the cons...

2007-05-28T15:18:00.000-04:00

Now this is my kind of study. Food - and the consumption of!

I have never heard of this five second rule! I don't know if that's because it hasn't got to NZ or whether it's because I'm ignorant.

My response would be - it all depends! - on my memory of that particular bit of floor's recent history - or an educated guess on it - and how much I want that item of food and, yes, I admit it, is anyone watching!

So if a forkful of spinach drops on the floor where the dog threw up yesterday I won't touch it and anybody that does is a greedy, disgusting grub. If, on the other hand, it is the last cream filled apple donut on the planet and nobody is about and I was looking forward to it so much and ...

If it falls on the floor and can be washed, then i...

2007-05-28T13:05:00.000-04:00

If it falls on the floor and can be washed, then it gets washed before I eat it.
If it's not a washable food,like say, a bit of soft butter, then it's off to the garbage.

If we're out camping and bacon falls on the ground it is brushed off and consumed before I can give it any thought.

Very smart, chicken girl!I'm just (a)lazy and (b)c...

2007-05-28T11:35:00.000-04:00

Very smart, chicken girl!

I'm just (a)lazy and (b)cheap.

Does depend on the food and the floor, though.

They tested the five second rule on an episode of ...

2007-05-28T11:19:00.000-04:00

They tested the five second rule on an episode of Mythbusters, too. I don't remember what their ultimate conclusion was, but they did find that wet foods get dirtier than dry foods.

I've always been squeamish about eating anything that's been on the floor. I'd rather throw it away. :p

Penelope!A cat of your refinement should not have ...

2007-05-28T11:06:00.000-04:00

Penelope!
A cat of your refinement should not have to eat off the floor like a greedy human.

And thanks for playing meme games! They are not as fun as mouse games, as no one gets dismembered at the end, but we humans do the best we can for amusement. Instructions, such as they are, are in the previous post but feel free to ask if you have any further questions.

Sadie eats all kind of things off the floor. She i...

2007-05-28T10:57:00.000-04:00

Sadie eats all kind of things off the floor. She is so uncivilized. I, on the other hand, only eat things off the floor if Karen is in one of her moods and isn't willing to pull out the good china. Then I make a decision if it's worth it or not. Things like chicken or tuna or-- yeah it's worth it. Otherwise, I leave it for Sadie.

As for the other, you can tag me. I will play your game.

-- P