should i eat it? it fell on the floor.?

Question

my sandwich just fell on the floor.........i'm looking at it.............it might be dirty........well?

i'm really hungry!

Answer 1

Hi, I know many people eat from the floor. But I would never be able to do that. Imagine all the germs, Gross!
If your the type to eat food after you touched something in a public place then go ahead. If not then don't eat food that fell on the floor.

Answer 2

It depends on what part of the sandwich fell on what. Did the bread hit on the dry outside part and is your floor clean? Yes, then eat the sandwich, don't waste it. Did the sandwich come apart and the mayo side hit the floor, and is the floor clean? Then it's a possibility. Check the mayo (or what ever it may be Mustard, what ever) if it's got stuff in it...NO, if it appears clean, it's a judgment call. If your floor is dirty? The answer is no, on either situation, though if the dry part of the bread hit, then it's really a judgment call there too.
I'm poor, and so I can't see wasting food. So, if it looks clean and didn't fall on the mayo/mustard/butter side, then I'll chance it.

Answer 3

Some crazy person said 20 seconds. If i were you, I would use the 3 second rule, blow on the side that was on the floor and eat it. What is the worst that could happen you get sick and have a three day weekend?

Answer 4

There's no such thing as "x second rule". The moment your food touches the floor whatever bacteria is on the floor will come in contact with your food. Although, the longer your food stays on the floor, the more contact it'll have with the bacteria/dirt/everything else.

Answer 5

HEY EVERYBODY, it's LaRue M again, this one's hilarious if you get all the allusions. Feel free to email your responses to [e-mail]

Either it's clean or it's not, those are your only two options.
If it's clean then you have nothing to worry about, but if it's dirty, let's assess.
(here's the fun part)-- For this episode of National Geographic, we start with a few necessary facts.
It is proven that the amount of germs on an item within the first 30 seconds doesn't vary proportionally to the time from which it hit the floor
If there are large particles on your sandwich--we're assuming that it's at its dirtiest--then by removing the particles, you have eliminated a great deal of germs and bacteria. If your sandwich came apart and there was wet contact with your floor, whatever layer of liquid must be removed and reapplied.
You are incredibly lucky, because you are a man. (these are often spotted in couples, usually wearing the pants.) Due to constant exposure to dirt, bugs, (all classifications with which to scare early females), goop, grime, mud, collected rain water, snot, blood, and the occasional girl-(coodies) our immune systems kick all kinds, types, and manners of bacterial @$$. When the sandwich hits the floor, our mouths--representative of the typical response provided by female society--say . Our immune systems retort in a raspy, manly voice, "HA!"
I had a similar experience, (a hot TX summer's day last August), when I dropped my hot dog in my backyard... in the GRASS!!
dun, dun, DUUUUHHHHHHN

I picked it up, (I didn't even blow on it), looked at my sister with a look like Maverick (Tom Cruise) from Top Gun when he re-engaged in the climax of the movie, and put that hot dog... back in the bun...
I then looked at Mom with the face of Bruce Lee after he stood triumphantly over Chuck Norris during Chuck's only defeat ever in Return of the Dragon, raised the hot dog to my mouth and took a huge, tearing hunk out of that B@$T@RD. The demonic antagonist, seated at the helm of the hot dog vessel approached judgment at the hands of my immune system...

It was like a legion of Rambos assigned to terminate Barney, the telly tubbies, the power rangers, and the wiggles. It was bad...

and the becterial beast was done.
He asked my Helper T cells, "be you vitamins?" and they said "Nay, we are but men, ROCK!"
cut scene--------------------------------------------------

If you still seek an answer to your sandwich question, I offer this:
You are a Man, and as a Man, it is not your privelege, not your right, but your DUTY to vanquish the evil dirty sandwich, wipe your chin like the heros in the movies, and await the next meal with all the finesse that James Bond would--only when he was played by anyone except Roger Moore.
As a member of our special fraternity, I grab a Bud Light. < lifts beer high above kitchen table>, this is to you, Sneaker.
***I salute you***

Answer 6

The 5 second rule has been scientifically proven, unless you have a really filthy floor.

The source link is an article from the Reno Gazette Journal.

Answer 7

Eat it as there were probably more impurities in the meat and fixings than on your floor (providing it wasn't the bathroom floor!)

Answer 8

20 second rule... Its ok to eat as long as you got it of the floor in under 20 seconds.

Answer 9

bung it in the microwave and nuke it - anything that was on it from your floor will either be dead, sterile or unable to reproduce once inside you - Man invented microwaves for a reason y'know...

Failing that, make another sandwich and BE MORE DAMNED CAREFUL!!!

Answer 10

make another one.
and if ur floor is dirty dont eat it.\
also
their is no such thing as a 3 or 5 second rule lol.
check it out.
http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/dropped.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-Second_Rule