Follow-Up Poll to the "Five Minute Rule" Poll

[EarlJam]

Have you EVER eatin' anything from the trash can, bag, bucket, etc.

-EJ

[wilson]

I would never eat a naked item out of the trash receptacle. Only a tasty looking morsel inside a box/bag/takeout container. This is yet another practice I picked up in the frat house. I must say, however, that while I continue to eat things off the floor, I no longer really eat anything out of the trash. I'm pretty darn poor, but not that poor.

[CathyCA]

Ewwwwwwwww! Nasty!!!

[CameronBornAndBred]

I've never been THAT hungry.

[EarlJam]

Ewwwwwwwww! Nasty!!!

No! NOT nasty!

Think about it. You purchase a self-contained salad from "Steve's Salad Shop" down on Main Street. Okay?

It's 12:32 p.m when you get back to the desk.

Munch munch, yum, yum. Suddenly, it's 1:22 p.m. and you have to take that call from Higgins.

You snap tight the plastic container, with 23.45 percent of salad left and throw it to the top O' the trash can.

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That Higgins call you had goes much faster, better than expected. Swimmingly even!


At 12:55 you are happy, but still a bit hungry.

You look into the very top of the trash bucket and see your snap-tight recepticle at the top.

You peepishly pull it from the trash, open the safety lid, and dig in.

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Now, did anything horrible happen to that food in the course of the brief conversation? Of course not.

There's NOTHING wrong with the above scenerio. Only warped perception.

The salad is just as good and good for you as it would be if it were sitting atop your 2XZ300 Multi Laser-Functional Hybrid-Grade, Techo-Fantastic 2,300-color computer.

So, um, .................yeah. There.

-EJ

[UVaAmbassador]

I admit, technically yes, but only because my idiot roommate couldn't tell the difference between a box which has been opened and one that hasn't in deciding whether to throw things away.

[CathyCA]

No! NOT nasty!

Think about it. You purchase a self-contained salad from "Steve's Salad Shop" down on Main Street. Okay?

It's 12:32 p.m when you get back to the desk.

Munch munch, yum, yum. Suddenly, it's 1:22 p.m. and you have to take that call from Higgins.

You snap tight the plastic container, with 23.45 percent of salad left and throw it to the top O' the trash can.

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That Higgins call you had goes much faster, better than expected. Swimmingly even!


At 12:55 you are happy, but still a bit hungry.

You look into the very top of the trash bucket and see your snap-tight recepticle at the top.

You peepishly pull it from the trash, open the safety lid, and dig in.

-------------

Now, did anything horrible happen to that food in the course of the brief conversation? Of course not.

There's NOTHING wrong with the above scenerio. Only warped perception.

The salad is just as good and good for you as it would be if it were sitting atop your 2XZ300 Multi Laser-Functional Hybrid-Grade, Techo-Fantastic 2,300-color computer.

So, um, .................yeah. There.

-EJ

No. The salad is still nasty. It's been in my trash can. Not that I would have ever tossed 23.45 percent of a perfectly good salad in the trash. I would have stuck it in the fridge to enjoy later.

[blublood]

However, my husband used to do this at his frat house every now and then when someone threw out a pizza. (notice that frat houses are responsible for a disproportionate amount of unsanitary eating practices) Pizza's still in the box and just sitting on top of the trash can... so Mr. blublood thinks, "A-ha! What a delectable morsel!" and moseys on over to finish it off.

I still think it's disgusting, but if food prices keep going up the way they are, I might not be so proud!

[2535Miles]

No. The salad is still nasty. It's been in my trash can. Not that I would have ever tossed 23.45 percent of a perfectly good salad in the trash. I would have stuck it in the fridge to enjoy later.
Interesting you added the distinction of "my trash can". What is so special about your trash can? ;)

[CathyCA]

Interesting you added the distinction of "my trash can". What is so special about your trash can? ;)

It is MY trash can because in EarlJam's hypothetical, I'm eating at MY desk.

And my trash can is special because. . . well, because it belongs to me!

[EarlJam]

It is MY trash can because in EarlJam's hypothetical, I'm eating at MY desk.

And my trash can is special because. . . well, because it belongs to me!

Bragging about your cans? :)

-EarlJam

[CathyCA]

Bragging about your cans? :)

-EarlJam


Okay, you just sent me to urbandictionary.com again, EJ.

Um, no.

[CameronBornAndBred]

I have to edit my vote. I opened the last bag of M&M's in my office, and one flew out and landed in the folds of the trash bag overhanging the can itself. It was the LAST M&M in here. I was laughing so hard as I reached down and ate it.

[Bluedawg]

WOW...its tied.

[Shammrog]

Yes, but only from own trash. And/or an otherwise clean receptacle or trash bag.

[knights68]

I have,sort of, ala George Costanza.

[bjornolf]

um, isn't it the five SECOND rule? The five minute rule is a little nasty, even for me. Though my 3 year old seems to like it. He'll throw his food on the floor and then eat it like a dog. What a weird kid. We don't even HAVE a dog!

[EarlJam]

um, isn't it the five SECOND rule? The five minute rule is a little nasty, even for me. Though my 3 year old seems to like it. He'll throw his food on the floor and then eat it like a dog. What a weird kid. We don't even HAVE a dog!

Good catch! Holy bacteria! I certainly meant to type, "five second.."