The Nanosecond Rule

This vlog about how to deal with food that gets dropped on the ground will expose me as the lazy-ass mom I think I am. It's along the same lines as "cookie making" with my daughter, which 8 out of 10 times means opening the pre-made Tollhouse cookie dough. I figure, she's nearly three but she can't hang with all that measuring, right?

When she was a newborn, I told my OB how I was sterilizing everything that came near her. He rolled his 60+ eyes of experience. "You're going to get over that quick. If a binky drops on the ground, you'll put it right back in her mouth to keep her quiet." Ah, how right he was.Share

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[bowhunt18]

i usually let my food sit on the floor for 3-4 days before attempting to eat it

[zomgrotfl]

until i find it, i just say 5 secs

[miuwu208able]

I am 44 yrs old and I never was sick from a little dirt! Todays world is to you better do this do that oh thats not healthy. Just stop we never (got sick) from drinking from the hose, spilling your milk and slurping it up on a table or splitting a soda between you & 4 friends or eating gum from under the table at a resturant, come on today with all of this stuff let kids be kids if they eat a little dirt DON`T WORRY they will be OK I promiss. You rock love the videos keep them going...

[itchykami]

in a public eating area, it's roughly a nanosecond, at home, I'm far more flexible. Most of those germs know where I sleep anyways.

[OrthodoxAtheist]

Whatever study you read, re nanosecond, is nonsense. The study I read, as featured several years ago on the BBC, said 3-4 minutes was fine since the number of bacteria that could grow in less time than that would be of an amount insignificant to a normal immune system. Generally, I don't eat something that drops on the floor, so the number is irrelevant to me.

[rmnfrey]

it saddens that some people are really that stupid

[tjlep]

I just throw the food away... Floors are dirty.

[leelee2246]

i wait 4 1/2 orgasms

[stickyresin]

Wow...you needed a "scientific study" to tell you that it doesnt take 5 seconds for bacteria to transfer to your fallen food?

What did you think was happening when you dropped food on the ground? That all bacteria in a 5 foot radius are alerted and race over to the food and you have 5 seconds to pick it up before they jump on?

Of course the 5 second rule is BS! Most of the damage was done the instant the food contacted the ground.

[lookwhoneedsahobbie]

if i dropped a dr food on a dry surface ya but if i dropped a moist food at all then no way. i dont even take food into public bathrooms because i heard that when someone flushes a toilet microscopic germs go out of the toilet with a range of six feet