John Kane wrote:

> 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.

Mythbusters took a look at this, and determined that the one factor
that had little to do with it was time. The size and composition of the
food, the type of floor, the cleanliness of the floor, all were much
more important.




Brian

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