On May 11, 4:52 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Zippy P wrote:
>
> > That's just gross. Are you telling me if you drop a slice of peach or a
> > meatball on the floor you're going to pick it up and pop it in your mouth if
> > it's only been there for 4 seconds?
>
> Why not?

It seems to me that I saw a report from U of Manitoba where a student
checked this in public buildings. In most cases she could not find
anything on the floors, The 5 sec rule could just as well have been
the 10 minute rule.
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada