John Kane wrote:
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> > > 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.

It's funny that people will put all sorts of foods on their counter and not
worry about germs, but if something falls on a (hopefully) clean floor they
won't touch it.