When in private do you eat stuff that falls on the floor?

[Sugarmouse]

Yes all the time. Unless it fell in somethign sticky. I do it not in private too.Got keep my immune system up

 

[zaphod22]

The 5 second rule applies in our house. Waste not want not an' all that!!

 

[og ogilby]

We don't eat enough dirt.

I eat 5 a day.

 

[Detroit City]

if it's non sticky then why the hell not?

indeed

 

[oomfoofoo]

When I lived at home, if any food fell on the floor my mum would immediately say "That's your Dad's"

But yeah, depending on what it is, I would.

 

[og ogilby]

When I lived at home, if any food fell on the floor my mum would immediately say "That's your Dad's" .

 

[Boycey]

I hide it under the edge of my plate till no one is looking and they've all forgotten....then I snuffle it!!

styles. i'm generally quite brazen about it, if anyone says anything i quote the 3 second rule (it is occasionally extended depending on the situation) and i point out that it *technically* isn't eating off the floor until the allotted time is up.

om nom nom

 

[sojourner]

indeed

DC, can you stop replying to stuff with 'indeed' and 'quite', please? It doesn't sound right coming from you.

 

[sojourner]

i'm generally quite brazen about it, if anyone says anything i quote the 3 second rule (it is occasionally extended depending on the situation) and i point out that it *technically* isn't eating off the floor until the allotted time is up.

fucking hell, are you me?

 

[Detroit City]

DC, can you stop replying to stuff with 'indeed' and 'quite', please? It doesn't sound right coming from you.

why?

don't you hate when you're eating something quite delicious and the last piece falls on the floor?

 

[Structaural]

Depends on what it is that fell and on what floor.

This.

 

[moomoo]

5 second rule in this house unless the dog gets to it first. I do have some standards you know.............

 

[keithy]

Never mind private, I do it anywhere

 

[Stobart Stopper]

I always eat anything that I have dropped on the floor. Fruit, ham slices, I am not bothered.
I have a photo somewhere of Kevin, aged about 18 month, sitting eating Quavers that he had dropped on the floor. Never did him any harm.

 

[Geri]

On Monday I took a tray of fish and chips out of the oven and dropped the whole lot on the floor. It was either eat them or cook a new batch, so I just picked them up and ate them. Luckily the floor had been cleaned that day.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

2, 3, all depends how slow you count really, and how hungry you are

5 second rule at our house.

 

[nursey]

Odd. I wasn't sure then I went downstairs to look in the fridge, found some strawberries, one fell on the floor and I just picked it up and ate it without a thought. I'm either wild and crazy and I just don't care or I've been mind controlled. Never mind either way, was very nice strawbery.

 

[kalidarkone]

I just ate a pistacio nut that fell on my carpet. Is that bad?

When you're by yourself do you eat stuff that fell on the floor?

I obviously wouln't eat a piece of kung pao chicken that fell on the carpet cause everything would stick to it.

Yep and I dont wait till I'm in private either!! I have an amazing immune system due to this practice!

 

[DotCommunist]

DC, can you stop replying to stuff with 'indeed' and 'quite', please? It doesn't sound right coming from you.

 

[gentlegreen]

If I was to drop food on my floor, it would probably end up with "chocolate vermicelli" on it.

 

[Gavin Bl]

if its dry, yes - if its sticky and I can cut the affected bit off, yes - if its going to be cooked and isn't just liquid, yes. If its none of those, prolly not.

 

[spanglechick]

ok - on the one hand - we don't do much hoovering - on the other - we don't have pets...

but ffs - are there really people who wouldn't eat a pistachio from their carpet? you could brush things off a pistachio (even assuming it had alreadsy been
shelled).

I had a bag of minstrels in bed about a week ago. This morning, I found one among the mess of wires and cables by the bed. "Omm", thought I, as I crunched it greedily, "what an unexpected delight to start the day!"

and tonight i learn that some people would have binned it???

i mean, i accept some people might have taken less than a week to find it, but c'mon...

anyway, the rule is not time dependant (assuming the item still fresh enough to be edible) - there is the wet/dry rule - was the object wet?/did it fall in something wet (usually outdoors)... but even this can sometimes be circumvented by rinsing. Oh and yoghurt's fair game, because only the bottom layer of youghurt-molecules gets contaiminated, and generally you can leave those on the floor.

 

[blues]

5 second rule in this house unless the dog gets to it first.

You'd have to get to it within 1/5 of a second before the dog got it in this house

So no I don't, but only cos I have a very fast dog.

 

[Detroit City]

Yep and I dont wait till I'm in private either!! I have an amazing immune system due to this practice!

 

[northernhord]

Sometimes, depends what it is and what sort of floor it is.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

neither would i MtM, neither would I

It's lucky I haven't invited you then

 

[Detroit City]

Sometimes, depends what it is and what sort of floor it is.

lets say you were eating a great piece of chocolate and it fell on the carpet which you had just vacuumed a few days ago. would you eat it?

 

[northernhord]

lets say you were eating a great piece of chocolate and it fell on the carpet which you had just vacuumed a few days ago. would you eat it?

Variables. a Powerful vacuum cleaner + chocolate straight from the Fridge = Yes

 

[Groucho]

I do it in public too.

 

[quimcunx]

Depends on how clean the floor and how liquid the food.

Peanut, yes. Custard, no. There is a grey area, however, somewhere around cake.