There's a hair in my food!

[Soul Taker]

Ug, I hate when there's food on my hair  

[Akamas]

What if you're home?

I guess I'd break the dish and give the chef an ass kicking!

[iago]

What if you're home?

I guess I'd break the dish and give the chef an ass kicking!

I would like to see you kick your own ass!

[j0k3r]

I also adhere to the 5 second rule of food falling on the floor.

I don't understand that one, do people think it takes germs exactly 5 seconds to walk over to the food and make it "dirty"? If my cookie fell on the floor for 1 second, I wouldn't think it would be any different from it falling on the floor for an hour...

[edit]No iago, I don't mean it actually falling for an hour, I mean it falling and then lying on the floor for one hour[/edit]

[iago]

I also adhere to the 5 second rule of food falling on the floor.

I don't understand that one, do people think it takes germs exactly 5 seconds to walk over to the food and make it "dirty"? If my cookie fell on the floor for 1 second, I wouldn't think it would be any different from it falling on the floor for an hour...

[edit]No iago, I don't mean it actually falling for an hour, I mean it falling and then lying on the floor for one hour[/edit]

I adhere to the 5-second rule because I don't like wasting food and because it makes me feel better to have a standard rule.

[Thing]

Allow me to explain, jok3r.

Studies have shown that it takes 5 seconds for food to be contaminated after falling on the floor.  The primary contaminant is known as the Texas Jumping Germ.  Once a bit of food falls on the floor, the germ must realize the food has fallen, properly locate the food in relation to it's position and launch itself onto the food.  This process takes exactly 5 seconds.  In case you are wondering, all TJGs that are within a 5 millimeter radius of the impact area are crushed to death and cannot contaminate the food.

You are welcome.

[Grok]

I also adhere to the 5 second rule of food falling on the floor.

I don't understand that one, do people think it takes germs exactly 5 seconds to walk over to the food and make it "dirty"? If my cookie fell on the floor for 1 second, I wouldn't think it would be any different from it falling on the floor for an hour...

[edit]No iago, I don't mean it actually falling for an hour, I mean it falling and then lying on the floor for one hour[/edit]

I adhere to the 5-second rule because I don't like wasting food and because it makes me feel better to have a standard rule.

You're not fooling anyone.  We know in reality you use a 5-foot rule.  If it's food, and within 5-feet, you eat it.  :p

[iago]

I also adhere to the 5 second rule of food falling on the floor.

I don't understand that one, do people think it takes germs exactly 5 seconds to walk over to the food and make it "dirty"? If my cookie fell on the floor for 1 second, I wouldn't think it would be any different from it falling on the floor for an hour...

[edit]No iago, I don't mean it actually falling for an hour, I mean it falling and then lying on the floor for one hour[/edit]

I adhere to the 5-second rule because I don't like wasting food and because it makes me feel better to have a standard rule.

You're not fooling anyone.  We know in reality you use a 5-foot rule.  If it's food, and within 5-feet, you eat it.  :p

I hadn't thought of that before.  But it needs one constraint: it can't be green.  Either because it's green beans (ugh) or rotten.

[Adron]

I don't understand that one, do people think it takes germs exactly 5 seconds to walk over to the food and make it "dirty"? If my cookie fell on the floor for 1 second, I wouldn't think it would be any different from it falling on the floor for an hour...

For one hour I think there's a difference. Dust drifting around on the floor is more likely to have gotten stuck on it after one hour than after 1 second.

[iago]

I don't understand that one, do people think it takes germs exactly 5 seconds to walk over to the food and make it "dirty"? If my cookie fell on the floor for 1 second, I wouldn't think it would be any different from it falling on the floor for an hour...

For one hour I think there's a difference. Dust drifting around on the floor is more likely to have gotten stuck on it after one hour than after 1 second.

And after an hour it may have been stepped on.

[hismajesty]

It depends on who dare put their hair in my soup. If it's my hair I could care less, just remove it and continue. However, in seventh grade the lunch lady got hair in my pizza so I complained and got a new slice.

[j0k3r]

For one hour I think there's a difference. Dust drifting around on the floor is more likely to have gotten stuck on it after one hour than after 1 second.

I'm not concerned about dust/sand/grit, it's the germs I'm worried about.

[Adron]

Some germs live in the particles drifting around in the currents down on floor level.

Another reason you may pick up and eat something that's been left on the floor only briefly is that you've kept an eye on it for the entire time, and know that the dog hasn't been licking it yet.

[iago]

Some germs live in the particles drifting around in the currents down on floor level.

Another reason you may pick up and eat something that's been left on the floor only briefly is that you've kept an eye on it for the entire time, and know that the dog hasn't been licking it yet.

What if you have the following timeline:
0s: The food was dropped.
0.3s: The food hit the floor.
1.6s: Due to natural instinct for falling food, your dog has run over and licked it a couple times.
2.3s: You try to kick the dog to get him off your food and end up stepping on the food yourself.
3.4s: You swear to yourself.
4.0s: You bend over to pick it up.
4.9s: You pick up the food.

Clearly, you wouldn't want to eat it in this case.  But it DOES conform to the 5-second rule.  Therefore, the rule is invalid.

But it's true what Adron said, germs live on dust/grime, so I would be worried about both.  But eating a crunchy piece of apple is never plesent.

[Adron]

Since the dog slobbered all over it, at 4.9 s your pickup attempt fails and it slips away....