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[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

The tv show _Mythbusters_ on the Discovery Channel did a "study" on the
five-second rule.  I don't recall if they found the myth to be "busted"
or "confirmed".

> That's the five-second rule.
>
> There was a newspaper article earlier this year about a study
> debunking the rule. The upshot was that dry food/dry floor
> OK, but if there's something wet involved, not okay. And
> that's regardless of one second, five seconds or 30 seconds.
> I can't find this article with my primitive news searching tools.
>
> I found another article about another study at:
>
> http://scienceline.org/2006/12/11/ask-leach-fiveseconds/
>
> I think this rule was also featured in a commercial this
> year. Something about "now you're parent, deciding the
> five-second rule" (probably badly mangled).
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Orange Text
> message accomplished!
>

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> > Isn't there also a saying used by Northern whites, WRT to the same
> > subject, to the effect that, if dropped food is picked up off the
> > floor within a certain brief span of time, it's okay to eat it?
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