arenee Posted May 4, 2012 #26 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Sure, if you're willing to schlep from Arizona to Massachusetts. Probably be cheaper to just go on QVC and buy one of your own though. But in going to QVC I miss out on meeting the lovely Lilly. Not sure there's much of real choice here now is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 4, 2012 #27 Share Posted May 4, 2012 But in going to QVC I miss out on meeting the lovely Lilly. Not sure there's much of real choice here now is there? Aww...thanks, but I'm probably a lot like your Mother in reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arenee Posted May 4, 2012 #28 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Aww...thanks, but I'm probably a lot like your Mother in reality! This truly made me laugh. Unless you're a meth addicted woman who allows men to beat her children I doubt it. I'd prefer a daily steam mopper friend! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 4, 2012 #29 Share Posted May 4, 2012 This truly made me laugh. Unless you're a meth addicted woman who allows men to beat her children I doubt it. I'm very sorry to hear this. I sincerely hope that someday your Mother will receive some type of help that allows her to overcome her addiction. When one hears about this type of issue, dropping food on the floor seems extremely inconsequential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arenee Posted May 4, 2012 #30 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I'm very sorry to hear this. I sincerely hope that someday your Mother will receive some type of help that allows her to overcome her addiction. When one hears about this type of issue, dropping food on the floor seems extremely inconsequential. Eh, it was a long time ago and it's taught me how to be a much better person and to be a much better mother to my babies. One thing I can say for sure, although absent much of the time, my mother taught me many things...all of which were what not to do and who not to be. Gotta love her for that much I suppose. She refuses to seek help and as a consequence has destroyed all relations with her whole family. I miss who she was when she was sober. Thank you for the kind words however and fortunately for myself, I'm almost thiry and it is no longer an issue. Just wish my angels had a grandmother. Anyhooooo, back to the subject. I won't eat pixy stix I spill on the floor. I feel licking them up is going too far. Although, I really like pixy stix. Hmmm, maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdohle Posted May 4, 2012 #31 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I am still alive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted May 4, 2012 #32 Share Posted May 4, 2012 People, like me, that are avid hikers or campers, with a limited amount of food, just put it back on the fire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplos Posted May 4, 2012 #33 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I firmly believe we've become too 'cleanliness - obssessed', I agree. As gross as it may seem to us, eating, for example, a tiny piece of hair isn't dangerous or anything. One person mentioned they walk around the house in just bare feet... then said how that was gross and wouldn't eat anytihng off the floor then. Why are bare feet gross? Unless you don't bathe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted May 5, 2012 #34 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I thought it was the 5 second rule. I may be too slow for the 3 second rule. I never eat anything once it has hit the floor. What about at a restaurant? Maybe you eat food you don't know has been on the floor. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteMarcher Posted May 5, 2012 #35 Share Posted May 5, 2012 With the amount of homeless people scouring trash bins these days, picking up a dropped morsel from your OWN clean kitchen floor, probably isn't going to kill you. If these homeless ones who I've observed over the years are still walking around after all they've gathered from who knows where, I guess we'll easily survive the dropped morsel on the floor syndrome. Should food become scarce in the near future (maybe much sooner than we think) these guys will have a better chance of surviving with the left overs than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharma warrior Posted May 5, 2012 #36 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Depends on the floor. My grandma's yes, mine, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varelse Posted May 5, 2012 #37 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I always figured the acid in my stomach would kill anything from a short term drop. Or the parasites in my bowels would finish off anything too harsh for acid. If all else fails, there's the bugs up my ***. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Sensual_One Posted May 5, 2012 #38 Share Posted May 5, 2012 LOL. I for one can say that I most likely have as a baby and toddler but not as a child, teenager, or an adult pick food up off the floor. I find it to be gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted May 5, 2012 #39 Share Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) Back on topic... Depends on how dirty it looks once retrieved and how hungry you are, imo. Ha ha,I've just "liked" your previous post,where you catch food before it hits ?....I know that your money will Never hit the floor,in fact I would guess you have to have a "tin" opener to get it out of your pocket, no offence,just having a laugh.but you arent as mean as the yorkies who "look after thee brass lad" tighter than a fishes bum and thats watertight..cheers Edited May 5, 2012 by spud the mackem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csspwns Posted May 6, 2012 #40 Share Posted May 6, 2012 i happen to remember the 5 second rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted May 6, 2012 #41 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Ha ha,I've just "liked" your previous post,where you catch food before it hits ?....I know that your money will Never hit the floor,in fact I would guess you have to have a "tin" opener to get it out of your pocket, no offence,just having a laugh.but you arent as mean as the yorkies who "look after thee brass lad" tighter than a fishes bum and thats watertight..cheers I'm double-miserly. Scottish but my paternal Grandpa was from Leeds! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 6, 2012 #42 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Well, in my house it's more like the 2 second rule...anymore time than that lapses and one of my dogs will snarf it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted May 6, 2012 #43 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I'm double-miserly. Scottish but my paternal Grandpa was from Leeds! lol Gawd help us !..You dont actually hoover up the crumbs and recycle them ? No thats too much..you have a thin dog because nothing ever gets to the floor.!!..I had a few Scots mates,and they appeared in the pub,they insisted on buying the first round,then another would come in and insist on getting a round,so by the time your round came along you were paying for about 6 rounds,very canny lads,but we got on great...Its your roond the noo,Jimmy...ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJsDietFitness Posted May 19, 2012 #44 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I usually rinse it off with cold county tap water...it has so much chlorine in it, probably kills every germ and virus. My dog and cats usually slurp up everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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