if you are alone & drop food on the floor , do you pick it up & eat it?

[sundog]

Poll question: if you are alone & drop food on the floor , do you pick it up & eat it?

or do you throw it away?

i won't tell anyone if you have

[aclog]

1. I voted always

but I have regretted it once or twice lol

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Depends on what it is, where it lands, and how clean the floor was

If it's soup, then no, I don't try to pick it up.

If it's a clean floor or carpet, and it's been there just a couple seconds, then yes, I will pick it up and eat it.

But it really depends on the food item, the medium of the floor, the cleanliness of the floor, and the time elapsed.

[lpbk2713]

7. Likewise

A few factors go into the decision-making process.


Add: Who's watching.

[mrbassman03]

9. True, true...

Though soup may be a little extreme for a moist example. :)

[LaurenG]

27. me too nt

[progmom]

3. depends on how clean the floor is

:hi:

[Initech]

4. Unless my dogs get to it first!

But yeah, I'm not afraid of germs.

[Skittles]

5. five-second rule, buddy

not applicable for "wet" food

[democracyindanger]

6. Yes, but the wet food clause

can be mitigated by a) the tastiness of the food, and b) the last time the floor was cleaned.

[mrbassman03]

11. Well, that and the thickness of the carpet and type of soup...

I dropped a bisque on the shag bath rug, and it was way hard to get back into the bowl. However, a nice cream of mushroom on our industrial living room "carpet" was just as tasty. (j/k all of the above... but the wet food clause still stands)

[Skittles]

22. hmmmm....that would have to be mighty tasty

and it would be a miracle if my floor had been cleaned that recently :o

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. It's more like a 5 month rule.

[Skittles]

23. are you a dog, Vash

you have to be! :D

[El Fuego]

8. Depends on how bad I want it.

Once, in a restaurant, I dropped my last precious piece of yummy lobster on the floor. People were watching, so I couldn't retrieve it! It killed me. x(

[Lochloosa]

10. I hate it when i drop the Jello.....

[sundog]

13. why? crunchy jello is good

[JitterbugPerfume]

14. depends

on whether the cat beats me to it

[hfojvt]

15. well if food falls in a kitchen and nobody's there to hear it

it probably does not make a sound.
So why not eat it? It probably doesn't really exist anyway.

[nutsnberries]

16. sometimes & use the 5-second rule.

:)

[HEyHEY]

17. Jesus H. Christ ,no

[philosophie_en_rose]

18. Depends, but usually throw away.

If it's generally intact and uncorrupted, I'd probably eat it. (ex: an unpeeled banana or orange falls out of the basket)

If it's meat, dairy, or squishy -- oh, hell no.

[China_cat]

19. My animals will have it before I can even start to reach for it.

[LeftyMom]

20. Hell no.

I don't even like waling on my floor. :scared:

[terrya]

21. Dear God, NO

I'm not that hard up for food.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

24. Almost always.

:D

[fleabert]

25. even if I am not alone, I eat it.

waste not, want not...

[LaurenG]

26. Well where is the other catagory?

It depends what food and where it's dropped. If it's a peanut m&m or oreo cookie not dropped on any wet spot I'd eat it. If it was soft food or wet-ish food I'd toss it. :shrug:

[sundog]

28. the other option is getting people to post that sort of response

in this thread in order to keep this important issue kicked

[LaurenG]

29. Smart man, it worked

:)

[Strong Atheist]

30. No. Floors are dirty, whether I am alone or not. nt.

[RandomKoolzip]

31. This is code for something, isn't it?

STOP THE GOSSIP!

[Zuni]

32. Depends. Also, the 5 second rule applies

if it is really good, or the last pistachio....

But was this meant to insult me somehow?

[realisticphish]

33. depends

on the food, the quality of said food, what the floor surface is, how clean it is, etc