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  • Did you know there's more germs on a typical telephone than on a toilet seat? That's because you clean toilet seats. Not telephones. Unless you're my social studies teacher...

  • "i know what i'm doing is gross,but citing this rule will allow me to eat this brownie and you to pretend there is justification for me eating this brownie."

    i find that sentence quite amusing, idk why...

  • No that broccoli's gone....there is no way i can eat that...Ooo a candy bar!

  • The irony about germs, your hands typically have more than any surface in your home anyway, so there should be a "if you hold onto it longer than 5 second" rule really. :p

  • "it's an excuse not to let that cookie go to waste, even if I get a disease....it was worth it" xD lmao...

  • 5 seconds is forever when its a chocolate bar is dropped at the parking lot in jenny craig center

  • @evildead818 I CU WAT U DID THAR

  • Thumbs up if you are the 56,000 viewer!

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  • @bbjbbj4 im the 55,999 viewer

    ... next time

  • You know, in islam it said that you can eat food if it fall on the floor after wiping it..(on dry ground or floor that is not so dirty)

  • So is my 5 minute rule out of the question?

  • Ops I dropped my ice-cream cone in some dog poo, 5 SECONDS!

  • i thot it was the 5 minute rule... woops. well im disgusting

  • "even if it gives me a disease, it was worth it" lmfao XD

  • I thinks it's the however long it's on the floor rule.

  • I don't have a time rule, so much as an "is there a crap load of dirt/hair on it" rule. If it's something I really want to eat and it picked up a hair or two, I'll pull them out and rub it on my clothes and consider it clean enough to eat. If it has dirt on it or lots of tiny hairs, I'll just throw it away... And cry inside.

  • Nature's five second rule is called an immune system.

  • @ some kid in texas, Y U NO WATCH MYTHBUSTERS!

  • i call it "the rule" because the time to pick it up is one second after i have picked it up.

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  • 2:54 hahahahahaha and true

  • "this is like a revelation to me"

    1:03

    XDD

  • I allways heard it was the 3 second rule....Anyone else agree?

  • @emhart12 I do it anywhere from the 5 minute rule, to the two week rule, to the however long ago it fell down plus enough time to pick it up rule.

  • I would so eat that brownie

  • ....OK, this was pretty good!

  • Get your ass on Facebook

  • your body will do wonders. If you have a good enough immune system, it will take out the germs.

  • What was the janitor from 'Scrubs' doing in a college cafeteria. Must've gotten a demotion.. Either that or he's working two jobs. Wait either or iether..? >.O

  • I made to a cookie, but i dropped it and eated it, not to worry its only been in my mouth for 4.9 seconds!

  • This is like a revelation to me.

  • No no no, it is actually the 5 day rule.

  • Thank you Mr's Winn, this one had me laughing my arse off!

  • What if it lands on hair or loose objects?

  • I THOUGH IT WAS THE "3 SECOND RULE"

  • @pausemental No its the "-insert highest number necessary to justify the eating of the food on the ground here- second rule.

  • @pausemental you posh bastard!!

  • @pausemental Americans are lazy, so they have the 5 seconds rule

  • @pausemental No, it's the 10 minute rule.

  • @NICKREAPER316 i thought it was the 8 month rule (think about pickles)

  • @pausemental no... its the "5 SECOND RULE"

  • @pausemental it's "5 second rule" if you drop it on the floor and "3 second rule" if you drop on shit or mud

  • You're technically always eating germs anyways. You place your food on a plate/in a bowl. You place the plate/bowl on a table. Table is on the ground. Germs are on the ground. Germs travel up table, up the side of the bowl/plate, gets on your food.

  • the five second rule doesnt need to exist, because in a fraction of a second all nearby germs travel onto the dropped food

  • Nope that brocoli is gone. Ooh a cany bar!

  • Eat The Cookie!!!!!

  • Don't forget about the MythBusters tests. Also a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's mouth. Double dipping is NOT like putting your entire mouth in the bowl... and a kitchen sponge is the most contaminated thing you have.

  • pause on 1:45 to see the lol moment

  • its 3secs now

  • This guy's a great actor

  • christ I hate people...

  • hehehe!! Moms! :D

  • droped on the floor? Spell right.

  • "Super janitors...it's the only explanation..."

  • @bahamut99 scruffy...

  • I use the 5 second rule all the time :) my friends say it's the best rule evaaaa!

  • yeah pretty common knowledge... unless you frequently drop moist or contaminated things like raw meats onto your floor... the most your gonna get on their is a little dirt or hair... not appitising, but in no way harmfull to your body in such small amounts.

  • But it was a GOOD COOKIE!

  • What about the 30 second rule?

  • although this may be true, it is important so submit a constantly developing immune system to pathogens in order to develop a certain immunity to them. furthermore, not all strains of Escherichia coli are deadly pathogens, most of them will simply give you an upset stomach. It is a shame to see so many people asepticizing everything, every surface possible, and it may be why children start developing allergies earlier on in life, as well as why the severity of these allergies has increased

  • @EdiciusWinter Hold on maybe the cleaners some people do use actually make them ill. It is a possibility.

  • i just tell the bad germs "ehh, my immune system will take care of yah"

  • dont be such a pussy and eat it like a man commando style :) getting sick will just make you happy

  • dont be such a pussy and eat it like a man commando style :)

  • It's like if you drop something into water and you pick it up in 5 seconds it won't get wet. o.O

  • I LUV COOKIEZ

  • @CF40 Amin! xD

  • @CF40 LOL WTF?

  • @CF40 carlin was the shiitttt

  • @CF40 Super germ would kill you any way. but its ture. We need some dirt to keep the immune system alert.

  • @CF40 Exactly. It's just like a shot for something like the flu.

  • 2:32

    Sorry to be pedantic. But a sentence that is quoted has to start and end in inverted commas, you only have one set. Also, quotes/speech inside quotes/speech must use apostrophes (' ') instead of inverted commas (" ")

    "The purpose of the five-second rule is not to protect you from bacteria but from ridicule. It's shorthand for, 'I know what I'm doing is gross, but citing this rule will allow me to eat this brownie and you pretend there is justification for me eating this brownie.'"

  • well if i drop an apple on a pile of wet shit, and pick it up in like 3 seconds, would you still eat it?

  • "I can tell you to do anything! ....doesn't mean I'm gonna do it."

    And as my daddy always said, dirt don't hurt.

  • @the1stanimekaratepup well shit dont hit. am i right?

  • @G4lVlEFRE4K um. sure? I'm don't know what it means, though....

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  • Brownies :D

  • super janitors

  • disgusting.... :) 

  • Super-Janitors...

    Lol!

  • A brownie in the grass? Or did it just look like one....

  • lol i didn't notice that i dropped a grape and ate it while watching this video until it finished

  • I agree, the 5 second rule ONLY applies to those foods that are totally delicious!!

  • If we drop food on the floor we should eat it still. Most of the bacteria on the floor is harmless to us. Remember we have a immunologic system.

  • lol funny, but I've never gotten sick or known anyone who got sick from the 5 second rule. I think we sanitize too much! You have to expose your body to some germs or you wont build a tolerance. Although I'm much less likely to use the 5 second rule in a public place or somewhere I'm not used...

  • You missed a piece of hair on your head.

  • GROSS

  • I love this guy!

  • 5 Sec Rule is Busted!

  • Unless someone shit on the floor before my food fell on it (and as long as my food is not already wet or saucy) it's good to go. Germaphobes are the most irrational people I know... and pretty inconsistent too. I mean technically they should be afraid to be alive for most of the time....

  • One of my friends used the "24 hour rule" one time, but we actually questioned him because it seemed a bit long.

  • beast

    

  • Well the broccoli wasn't in a wrapper but the candy bar was so it would be protected from the bacteria unless there was a hole in the wrapper.....

  • I simply dont eat off of a dirty floor because of what people may think of me!

  • If food falls on the floor, it's still not really going to hurt you if you eat it. I just wouldn't if I SEE the "nasty stuff" on it. I ate stuff I dropped on the floor before and it doesn't make me sick. When it happens and you SEE the dirt on it, THEN that would be gross. People really just overreact about shit, and it's bullshit. It's just possible, not really probable. I've done it before, so I know.

  • oooh a piece of candy!

  • Dudesm you can even call it the 7 or 13 second rule... People only use it not to suffer from social embarrassment. Just eat the dams candybar after dropping it. XD Only sticky foods dont works as well, just like whn you drop your PB J sandwich, and it always falls bottom down :D

  • did u know there is anohter part of the 5 secound rule if you drop food in the bathroom its safe for 30 sec

  • is there a five second rule for things you drop in the toilet?

  • @primafera i dont know. but you can try first...

  • r u stuped damm. haha

  • Well, depending on how clean your floor and counter is, it isn't so bad to eat off the floor. There is a doctor with a young daughter and he lets her eat off the floor (His floors are probably pretty clean) but he does it because he says it is a useful way of building up your immune system. Chew on that.

  • isn't it the 3 second rule?

  • @gunzkillu No 5 seconds.

  • @Kitrode no it's 3 seconds

  • @gunzkillu

    no its 5

  • dosent you're body need germs to help keep you're ammune system functional?

  • i throw away food that i drop on the floor! not because of the germs but because most of the time there's hair, dust or dirt! and i don't mean this just in the house, i mean it everywhere! "that broccolli is definately gone... ooh a candy bar" hilarious!!! lmao

  • one time me and my neighbor were at the lake (we were about 6 and 7) and she dropped her bologna in the sand and her mom told her to just dip it in the lake and eat it. EW!

  • Mmmmmmmm floor candy

  • You make my day!!!!!

  • I believe the only concern anyone should have about food dropping to the floor is, broken glass, etc. that was not cleaned up, or prepared food touching raw chicken; anything else, the person needs to think about where the food came from in the first place (e.g. broccoli came from the ground...that was fertilized!)

  • @snoglydox yeah. so did choclait...

  • i seriously lay down on my carpet and put my food like fruits etc anything and then eat it...

  • super janitors

  • heh.. super janitors..

  • omnomnom

  • 1:00 LOL :D:D:D:D:D

  • Yellow or green? Oh wait.... thats sick.... oops

  • So what I got from that was dont drop your food on a bacteria-painted surface, and the floor is safer than the test they tried to use to analyze it....lol

  • Cheese and broccoli stew is better than candy bar.

  • I see the whole food on the floor thing as, why is this gross? Bacteria? Well that doesn't matter to me because im not very likely to get sick from it. So if its something i want to eat and its on the floor i'll eat it unless the dirt effects the taste.

  • @ Daver14X lol same here!

  • It's interesting what people say or do sometimes. I don't like to eat food off the floor but I recognize that people seem to worry about germs a little to much. The human body needs some contact with germs to build an immunity and overuse of sterilizing agents leads to a germ resistance of sterilization - worrying when you think of where that will lead. The idea that this rule is a means of peer justification is interesting - if you want to do something I feel you should do it and not justify.

  • the end is the best part 2:25

  • THE END WAS THE BEST PART !

  • i don' know why, but i love how this guy talks xD

  • He's ineresting to me too.

    This guy= Phil Plait on all sciences and different body and life.

  • i thought my cousin was telling a fib until i saw this. kinda cool.

  • 2:20-2:26 is funny lol

  • I dropped a slice of bread on the floor when i was 10, my dad said it was okay. and....drum roll...I ended up going to the hospital with a fish bone stuck down my throat. Course, mom was none the too pleased about that.

  • It's not about bacteria "transferring" onto your food.

    It's about the disgustng things down there getting on your food: bits of stepped-in dog crap, dead skin, stray pubic hairs, etc. (If you ever get down and scrutinize a floor, you'll be shocked and disgusted how many pubic hairs are out there. They're probably always falling down the inside of our pant legs without us knowing it.)

  • The 5-second-rule myth was busted by the guys from Myth Busters. They discovered that the toilet seat is cleaner than your floors, conter tops, and sinks

    -----

    Ebola infected counter tops? What were they chopin' there? Chimps?

  • love mysthbusters. And they discovered that a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's. Which makes A LOT of sense when u think about it. I mean, dogs eat stuff that humans wouldn't touch and they lick...and lick...and lick, so it makes sense that they got the stuff to fight bacteria in their mouth, which keep their slobber cleaner than a humans...who knew.

  • hilarious xD

  • super janitors......

  • well im not too conserned about eating things tat i dropped, depends where i drop it i guess. But hay, thats what my good old immune system is for!

  • hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha i love the ending!!!!!!

  • "oh a candy bar" LOL xD

  • How do you think immunity is developed? By exposure to bacteria, but not more amounts than the immune system can cope with!

    I think if a group of people could survive the Holocaust (one of them was my teacher and one of only 7 Jews to survive in that town) by living in a SEWER, I don't think we need to be OVERLY germ phobic.

    [btw, it's 'dropped' and not 'droped' as in the opening screen.

    Anyway, I love this guy's videos!

  • good eye. . .

    u saw the "droped". . .

  • i dont think im a good example for my daughter when i do the"5 second rule" and shes 4

  • holy inappropriate use of quotation marks!

  • THIS GUY IS HILARIOUS. His use of sarcasm, irony, and exaggeration are really effective.

  • I just dropped a cheerio on the floor and I said '5 second rule' and ate it and Im not sick

  • Thats not Such A Great Idea.... :L

  • CANDY! :D

  • I've eaten food off the floor and I didnt even get sick

  • i was eating chips when i saw this...im not so hungry anymore

  • @BFFLandShortie what off the floor?

  • these r heaps good lol well done

  • nope.. that broccolli is definatly gone... O.O  oooh A CANDY BAR

  • broccoli is awesomeeeeee

  • Perfect presentation! :)

  • this videos need way more views......

  • SUPER JANITORS

  • Love it =P

  • I guess it's about wighting pros and cons: either you eat it and might possibly get some kind of germ that might possibly make you sick or you throw the sandwich that barely touched the floor out.

  • Or third choice, you could pay more attention to your food, so you won't drop it, relieving any worries of germ invasion or a delicious salami, ham, swiss sandwich being wasted.

  • I love you!

  • totally worth it.

  • 5 Second Rule : Myth

    Even if you drop it

    The air ALREADY has germs in the air

    no difference

  • eating food of the floor is disgusting... and sometimes necessary " hahahaaaa!

  • lmao

  • the show myth busters on the discovery channel tried this myth

    they showed that no matter how long that food is on the floor no matter were it will have the same amount of bacteria on it

    except for the toilet seat;)

    its supposed to be one of the cleanest places in the home :)

    don't say I'm stupid i didn't come up with this hypothesis :D

  • "Whenever I drop a piece of food on the floor, I pick it up and eat it! I eat it! Even if I'm at a sidewalk cafe...in Calcutta! The poor section. On New Year's Eve during a soccer riot."

    I agree with George Carlin :) Get over it and eat the food you fuckin' pussies.

  • my mates say:5second rule outside, 10second inside coz its cleener inside

  • Moms are right, btw. This is how growing organism builds up immunity.

    Conditioning to the cold makes your immune system unpenetrable, if you don't want to eat floor brownies that much...

    Doctors wash their hands and body with soap (which destroys acidic protective layer of your skin), and use their medicine.. their health is worse than their patients'.

    And I pity their children.

    (not all of the doctors are like that, ofc: some are smart and don't rely on medical education only)

  • acually i would suggest not useing the 5second rule cuz when i was a little kid i use to do it alot and i ended up geting a ring worm...not fun but that didnt stop me i still do it sometimes xD and im a girl to. But seriously if you dont want a ring worm i wouldnt do it lol

  • Mythbusters tested the "5 second rule", and it was declared a myth :) 1 second. 5 seconds. That broccoli has got to die.

  • lol, the part about the broccoli is so true

  • "nope that broccoli is gone... oo a candy bar"

    Lol

  • You look a bit like Hugh Grant lol

  • no, YOU have wasted 3 minutes of your life. nobody made you watch this video.

  • not really all of my mates do the 5 seccond rule

    well at least all the ones that listen to the awesomness of it