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The five second rule
« on: December 29, 2012, 10:22:35 PM »
Not that I wouldn't eat anything off a clean floor ...

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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 01:35:27 AM »
even if you don't drop the banana, bacteria will home in on it the moment you break its skin.  bacteria float around in the air.
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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2012, 04:54:24 AM »
The way to peel a banana is not from the stalk end .....  just look to (other) animals that eat the fruit and see how they do it!  :D

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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2012, 07:06:44 AM »
In a pizza restaurant I once placed my plate on the edge of the table while I gave plates to other diners. I misjudged the position and the plate ended face-down on the floor. I picked it up and asked a passing waiter "How clean is your floor?" He didn't answer. I was too hungry to wait for another pizza. No harm came of it, and it tasted fine.

I think sometimes we're over-obsessed with things. What harm could a little mud brought in on someone's boots really do? Even if they'd stepped in something the likelihood of them depositing anything really nasty on that bit of floor is fairly small. Of course, it wasn't during a norovirus epidemic, when things might be different.
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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2012, 07:54:57 AM »
In a pizza restaurant I once placed my plate on the edge of the table while I gave plates to other diners. I misjudged the position and the plate ended face-down on the floor. I picked it up and asked a passing waiter "How clean is your floor?" He didn't answer. I was too hungry to wait for another pizza. No harm came of it, and it tasted fine.

I think sometimes we're over-obsessed with things. What harm could a little mud brought in on someone's boots really do? Even if they'd stepped in something the likelihood of them depositing anything really nasty on that bit of floor is fairly small. Of course, it wasn't during a norovirus epidemic, when things might be different.


We survived, and thrived as a species, for millions of years, eating the rotting carcasses of something else's kill, after they were done chewing on it first, before learning to hunt and kill for ourselves. I know I haven't dragged any steaks across a savanna littered with the dung of countless herds of various species, then let it rot for a few days, before eating it, but that was the main course for our ancient ancestors, and long before they had tamed fire to cook it. Maggot infested? Hey, that's just extra protein, along with all the other bugs they ate. Our immune systems are genetically programed to handle much worse than we're likely to encounter in the interior of our own homes, including the floors, even with pets around. Drop something on the floor? Brush off the dog hairs and eat it. Our immune system needs exercise too, if we want it to remain strong and healthy. ;)
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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2012, 08:01:30 AM »
... Our immune system needs exercise too, if we want it to remain strong and healthy. ;)

Absolutely +1!

I'm sometimes left wondering how we survived for millions of years when I see reports on nutrition advice, how to handle food "properly", etc.  ???
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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2012, 08:32:22 AM »
... Our immune system needs exercise too, if we want it to remain strong and healthy. ;)

One thing I actually agree on +1.

That's why I don't bother with those hand sanitizer stuff.
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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2012, 12:08:04 PM »
We survived, and thrived as a species, for millions of years, eating the rotting carcasses of something else's kill, after they were done chewing on it first, before learning to hunt and kill for ourselves. I know I haven't dragged any steaks across a savanna littered with the dung of countless herds of various species, then let it rot for a few days, before eating it, but that was the main course for our ancient ancestors, and long before they had tamed fire to cook it. Maggot infested? Hey, that's just extra protein, along with all the other bugs they ate. Our immune systems are genetically programed to handle much worse than we're likely to encounter in the interior of our own homes, including the floors, even with pets around. Drop something on the floor? Brush off the dog hairs and eat it. Our immune system needs exercise too, if we want it to remain strong and healthy. ;)

Absolutely +1.

I saw an ad for a group the other day that was asking for people to send unused soap so it could be shipped to third-world countries where they passed sicknesses because of simple lack of soap. I wondered at the time how we managed to make it this far since soap didn't exist many, many years ago and we did. Simple soap use probably does help, but then so does washing your hands with just water. The funny part is how, with all our medical advances, we seem to only creating super-viruses and bacteria that are resistant to the medicines. Nice going.
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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2012, 12:17:54 PM »
As my grandmother used to summarize it a long time ago: "Children who eat the most dirt are the healthiest" ;D

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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2012, 12:27:28 PM »
As my grandmother used to summarize it a long time ago: "Children who eat the most dirt are the healthiest" ;D

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I didn't know we were that closely related. She told me that too. ;D ;D
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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2012, 12:43:33 PM »
As my grandmother used to summarize it a long time ago: "Children who eat the most dirt are the healthiest" ;D

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I didn't know we were that closely related. She told me that too. ;D ;D
I guess we all are related. My mother also used to say "We all will eat a peck of dirt before we die."
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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2012, 04:50:08 PM »
well, dang me!  seems like we all had the same granmaw!  i'm still working my way through my peck; it's quite a weight of dirt.

we're more likely to die from all the cleaning material produced that causes eczema, asthma and a host of other nasty conditions we never had in the wild.
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Re: The five second rule
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2012, 05:05:45 PM »
George Carlin said if, He dropped something on the floor he picked it up and ate.
That's why we're a sickly, too clean.
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