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[tdadams]

I saw the headline and prematurely thought this was about something else entirely.

[Aracelis]

Ping!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So, the good news: Chances are the floor beneath your fumbled Oreo doesn’t contain E. coli. The bad news: If it does, your cookie is contaminated and shouldn’t be eaten.

Luckily enough, E. Coli literally smells like s**t, so a good rule of thumbs is if something smells like s**t, don't put it in your mouth.

[NautiNurse]

Had never heard that 5 second rule before. In our house--if it could be washed off--it would be--then eaten.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

‘‘Unless you have a dog. Dogs are in there within four seconds."

Actually I believe the dog intentionally spends her time under my feet in the kitchen trying to cause a food fumble that will result in an instant doggie treat. There is no chance food will last even four seconds when she's there!

[Semper Paratus]

But never, ever 'double dip' your chips.

[blau993]

If the older and more agile of my two labs is on his game that day, it will never hit the floor!

[onedoug]

Why did, or didn't you wash your hands before eating it?

[Sloth]

And don’t think that shaking or blowing will help. ‘‘You may remove visible dirt, but those bugs are microscopic," he said.

Duh, obviously shaking & blowing DO help. Any clearing of visible debris necessarily removes a lot of substrate that may be carrying those microorganisms.

[kevao]

Al Bundy sure thinks it is.

[TonyInOhio]

The TonyInOhio Collorary: Never assume it's a raisin.

[RonF]

In the Boy Scouts we have two 10-second rules:

a) Non-sticky food dropped on the ground can be brushed off and eaten if on the ground less than 10 seconds.

b) Persons standing in front of any one food item in a buffet line for more than 10 seconds are legally subject to a hip- or cross-check.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Costanza took up a version of this with the whole "food taken from above the rim of the trash is edible" episode.

[PISANO]

So there has been a FUNDED study about this?? I knew this at the age of 3 when my mother would scold me for picking something up off the ground. Amazing that now some 59 years later we need a federally funded study at the University of Illinois to verify something that my 6th grade educated mother INSTINCTIVELY knew and taught her children. Crazy times we live in.