My mother overheard this conversation between the niecelings....

[conuly]

Ana: *bending down to pick up some dropped food*
Evangeline: NO! You have to say "five second rule"!
Ana: Five second rule!
Evangeline: Okay, now you can eat it.

Apparently, Evangeline (and Ana, I guess) think of the phrase "five second rule" as a magical charm that keeps food safe. That was... unanticipated.

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Overheard at Costco

[breakableheart.livejournal.com]

MAN: *drops pizza topping-side down on floor of eating area of Costco* "Five second rule!" *picks it up and puts it back on his plate, puts plate on table*

ME: ...
ME: ...
ME: {hushed, to husband} He isn't going to eat that, is he?

HUSBAND: I don't know.

ME: I have to say something.

HUSBAND: No, no you don't. Let's go.

ME: ... !! Wait!!!

We left. I have no idea how it worked out.

Re: Overheard at Costco

[conuly]

Ew. Ew, ew, ew!

I do explain to the nieces that various places - anywhere but home, really - do not have a five second rule.

Re: Overheard at Costco

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

It really does depend on what you're eating though. An apple that didn't land on any part you already bit into already, you can just rub it off with your shirt or whatever, y'know? But I guess for people as young as your nieces that'd be a bit much to have them figure out on their own.

Re: Overheard at Costco

[conuly]

Exactly. (Though I do point out that crud sticking to food = no five second rule.)

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

Of course. The rule doesn't work if you don't invoke it.

[conuly]

Clearly.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

I love kids' brains! And I can't believe E is old enough to say "No, you have to say 'five second rule!'"

[conuly]

THREE.

Isn't that insane? I cannot believe it myself!

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed that this little tidbit of culture is still around that it's even gotten to them.

[conuly]

Well, I say it...

[l33tminion]

That's not how it works?

Seriously, the five second rule only handles germs. You have to say it to stave off social stigma.

[conuly]

Kinda like... if you say it, it's okay, but if you don't say it you're a bum?

[l33tminion]

Yup, pretty much. Better to be a person who eats off of the floor than a person who doesn't even seem to be aware that there's something weird about eating off of the floor.

Overheard at Costco

[breakableheart.livejournal.com]

MAN: *drops pizza topping-side down on floor of eating area of Costco* "Five second rule!" *picks it up and puts it back on his plate, puts plate on table*

ME: ...
ME: ...
ME: {hushed, to husband} He isn't going to eat that, is he?

HUSBAND: I don't know.

ME: I have to say something.

HUSBAND: No, no you don't. Let's go.

ME: ... !! Wait!!!

We left. I have no idea how it worked out.

Re: Overheard at Costco

[conuly]

Ew. Ew, ew, ew!

I do explain to the nieces that various places - anywhere but home, really - do not have a five second rule.

Re: Overheard at Costco

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

It really does depend on what you're eating though. An apple that didn't land on any part you already bit into already, you can just rub it off with your shirt or whatever, y'know? But I guess for people as young as your nieces that'd be a bit much to have them figure out on their own.

Re: Overheard at Costco

[conuly]

Exactly. (Though I do point out that crud sticking to food = no five second rule.)

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

Of course. The rule doesn't work if you don't invoke it.

[conuly]

Clearly.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

I love kids' brains! And I can't believe E is old enough to say "No, you have to say 'five second rule!'"

[conuly]

THREE.

Isn't that insane? I cannot believe it myself!

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed that this little tidbit of culture is still around that it's even gotten to them.

[conuly]

Well, I say it...

[l33tminion]

That's not how it works?

Seriously, the five second rule only handles germs. You have to say it to stave off social stigma.

[conuly]

Kinda like... if you say it, it's okay, but if you don't say it you're a bum?

[l33tminion]

Yup, pretty much. Better to be a person who eats off of the floor than a person who doesn't even seem to be aware that there's something weird about eating off of the floor.