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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Eddie Teach on March 15, 2010, 11:10:35 PM

Poll
Question: Are you a proponent of the five second rule?
Option 1: Yes votes: 17
Option 2: No votes: 7
Option 3: The what? votes: 9
Option 4: Jaron doesn't know what proponent means votes: 3
Title: Five Second Rule
Post by: Eddie Teach on March 15, 2010, 11:10:35 PM
For your consideration.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Korea on March 15, 2010, 11:12:59 PM
It depends on the situation and the location. I'm more likely to apply the 5 second rule when I'm at home as opposed to being at work. Also, it depends where I dropped it. If I dropped it in a bathroom I wouldn't eat it but if I dropped it on some grass I probably would.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: DisturbedPervert on March 15, 2010, 11:22:19 PM
Yes but only for solids
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: ulmont on March 15, 2010, 11:26:22 PM
Although busted by the MythBusters, that just says "what the hell, go for it."
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Camerus on March 15, 2010, 11:40:44 PM
Fuck no.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Zanza on March 16, 2010, 12:08:50 AM
The what?
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Alcibiades on March 16, 2010, 12:15:01 AM
Only in Iraq, because everything was already so dirty any way.  :P
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Eddie Teach on March 16, 2010, 12:54:51 AM
Quote from: Zanza on March 16, 2010, 12:08:50 AM
The what?

That it's ok to eat something that fell on the floor if you pick it up within 5 seconds of dropping it.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on March 16, 2010, 02:23:21 AM
Yeah sure.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: jimmy olsen on March 16, 2010, 02:58:57 AM
Quote from: Korea on March 15, 2010, 11:12:59 PM
It depends on the situation and the location. I'm more likely to apply the 5 second rule when I'm at home as opposed to being at work. Also, it depends where I dropped it. If I dropped it in a bathroom I wouldn't eat it but if I dropped it on some grass I probably would.
Same
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Agelastus on March 16, 2010, 05:09:08 AM
I voted the "what" option, but as for food that you have just dropped.

Pick it up. If it doesn't look dirty, eat it. If it is solid, looks dirty, but can be brushed, brush it off and eat it.

"Do not waste food" is the whole of the law.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 16, 2010, 05:17:14 AM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on March 15, 2010, 11:22:19 PM
Yes but only for solids

The alternative would be the "Sloppy Seconds Rule".
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Brazen on March 16, 2010, 05:28:13 AM
You filthy beggars.  :x
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Grey Fox on March 16, 2010, 06:05:39 AM
I've always heard it as the 3 second rule.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Liep on March 16, 2010, 06:49:56 AM
Yeah, I think it adds a nice dimension to spirit based regeneration.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Josquius on March 16, 2010, 07:11:06 AM
Never heard of it.
Looking it up-...ehh....depends how hungry I am, how valuable the food is and how dirty the area.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Brazen on March 16, 2010, 07:24:29 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 16, 2010, 06:05:39 AM
I've always heard it as the 3 second rule.
The three second rule is how long you leave between yourself and the car in front on the motorway. After they pass a landmark, like a sign, you say, "Only a fool breaks the three second rule" and you should reach the landmark after you finish or you're going too fast.  :nerd:
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: Zanza on March 16, 2010, 08:26:18 AM
Quote from: Brazen on March 16, 2010, 07:24:29 AMThe three second rule is how long you leave between yourself and the car in front on the motorway. After they pass a landmark, like a sign, you say, "Only a fool breaks the three second rule" and you should reach the landmark after you finish or you're going too fast.  :nerd:
That's only applicable if you drive (too) slow.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: jimmy olsen on March 16, 2010, 08:36:53 AM
Quote from: Zanza on March 16, 2010, 08:26:18 AM
Quote from: Brazen on March 16, 2010, 07:24:29 AMThe three second rule is how long you leave between yourself and the car in front on the motorway. After they pass a landmark, like a sign, you say, "Only a fool breaks the three second rule" and you should reach the landmark after you finish or you're going too fast.  :nerd:
That's only applicable if you drive (too) slow.
You can both be going a hundred miles an hour and that will still work if you keep the right distance.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: derspiess on March 16, 2010, 10:08:23 AM
Absolutely not.
Title: Re: Five Second Rule
Post by: grumbler on March 16, 2010, 12:22:20 PM
Quote from: Zanza on March 16, 2010, 08:26:18 AM
Quote from: Brazen on March 16, 2010, 07:24:29 AMThe three second rule is how long you leave between yourself and the car in front on the motorway. After they pass a landmark, like a sign, you say, "Only a fool breaks the three second rule" and you should reach the landmark after you finish or you're going too fast.  :nerd:
That's only applicable if you drive (too) slow.
:huh: