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24 February 2006
Do you observe the three second rule?→[More:]As in, something you're eating, smoking, etc. falls on the ground. It's still "good" if you pick it up in 3 seconds or less.
No, I observe the My Hand is Capable of Brushing Away Bacteria Rule. The rule's applicability varies based on how badly I wanted to consume whatever it is I dropped.
When I'm driving I observe the 'two second' rule, i.e. staying two seconds away from other vehicles. And I know it's two seconds because the time it takes to say 'only a fool breaks the two second rule' takes two seconds to say.
Yeah, it depends on the tastiness of the food. Chocolate and crisps are almost bacteria-proof, in fact they could be on the floor for a few hours and still be good. Unfortunately healthy food like brussel-sprouts attract bacteria instantly and become highly toxic with even less than one second of contact with the floor.
The origin of this practice dates to Ghengis Kahn's conquest of Eurasia, when he directed his army that any meat which had been on the ground for more than three days was no good. We've since adjusted the time span. Progress!
Also, they tested this on Mythbusters and found it to be mostly bogus, except that, to everyone's surprise, they found the fewest bacteria in the bathroom.
Personally yes, but I was absolutely disgusted when the owner of a bakery I was working in picked up a cake that had fallen on the floor, where the counter staff had been walking all day, and put it into the display case. this was the same place where the eggs were stord at room temperature next to the oven. I finally called the health department on them.
I kiss my knuckles and hit the ceiling when I drive through a yellow, mostly out of habit. I think it has something to do with orgasms, but I'm not sure where I heard that.
Didn't Julia Child, on camera, drop a piece of Salmon on the floor, then pick it up and continue to prepare it, saying something like "no one can see you in the kitchen?"
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