WTH does "2 second rule" mean?

i hear that alot on little kid commercials and cartoons, but what does it mean?!?!?!

 

I believe it's called the "5 second Rule" and supposedly, if you pick up a piece of food that fell on the ground before a five second mark, it's safe to eat.

 

OOOOH, THANKS FOR THAT!!! OMG YOU JUST SAVED ME HOURS AND HOURS OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS WONDERING! THANK YOU!

 

Mine is like that except its the 5 minute rule~

 

Mythbusters actually tested this once, I think. When you drop a peice of popcorn (for example), if there are no airborn bacteria and you leave it alone for about 5 minutes, It still would be like if you left it for 5 seconds.

 

interesting.......so i DIDN'T have to throw away that hot pocket i dropped on the floor while it was still frozen

 

They tested dropping wet and dry foods on dirty floor tiles for four and six seconds. They wanted to see wether or not wet foods pick up more germs than dry foods, and to see if there was a difference between the amount of germs picked up before and after the five second mark. They found that while wet foods pick up more germs, it doesn't mater if you leave a piece of food on the floor for four seconds or six seconds, both times contain the same average of germs.

 

It's all good till the flies come. >.>

 

God made dirt so dirt don't hurt...
most of the time.

I am agnostic, but thats pretty much like the 5 second rule.