Mom is trying to get a vitamin out of the bottle. She turns the bottle upside down and shakes it. One of the vitamins falls on the floor. I pick it up and hand it to her.
Me – “Here you go, do you think you should throw it out?”
Mom – “It’s fine, I believe in the 10-second rule.”
Me – “Actually, just so you know, it’s called the 5- second rule.”
Mom – “Whatever. That’s just for people who keep a dirty house. My floors are always clean so it’s the 10-second rule around here.”
Go Mom.
Geezus, so I’ve been wrong calling it the “5 minute rule” all these years??
Moms are so wise
In my house it’s more like this: if it is MY food: “5 second” rule…. if it’s for the kids: “until somebody notices it” rule.
Funny lady! But you’d better not bring her to my house. Our rule depends not on the condition of the floors but on who dropped whatever it is. (Husband does not “believe in” germs…)
Ever find yourself brushing something that fell, as if your hands will magically remove floor-cooties?
Or is that just me?
Moms are so funny. And eat stuff that falls all the time, I just try to do it in a way that people don’t catch me.
What can I say I’m an animal.
In my own house, I figure they’re my germs. So if it hits the floor, I can pick it up. If I find it on the floor and I didn’t drop it, it goes.
Your mother is a wise woman.
Your mom is too cute for words.
You Mom sounds so “matter of fact”…like my Mom!
in my mawmaw’s house, it could have been the five hour rule. you could eat from her carpets and not get lint.
southern women…
Now that is clean!
I read someplace that the 5 second (or however long you prefer) rule is just a myth. But make of that what you will. Just saying… =+)
Moms are smart, if I were a pathogen, I wouldn’t pick the floor to live on, you’re always stepped on and you don’t get any respect. Now a glass or utensil that people share in homes, schools or restaurants, now, that’s livin’. I would especially love it when people say, “go ahead, I don’t have anything.” Heaven.
That’s pretty cool!
Here, it’s lucky to even hit the floor before Daisy snarfs it up!
Haha! Your mom rocks!
Hey, I used to work in a fine dining restaurant, and I SWEAR it was the 15-second-rule.
Food cost and all, you know.
she makes a good point….LOL!
I always thought it was a 10-second rule…. Does that mean my floors are as clean as your Mom’s?