What I think about at lunch- Part 2.

Original post: April 3, 2008

Most of the people I know, when confronted with a situation where they’ve dropped a piece of food on the floor, will undoubtedly throw it out. Unless of course they’re a follower of the 5-second rule. But how about this for a scenario?

What if you manage, in an amazing show of gravity and physics, to drop several pieces of food. Like a plateful of things, for instance, or a bag of chips. Much to your astonishment, one of those chips ends up landing directly on top of another without ever touching the floor. Naturally, you would want to throw out that bottom chip, but what about the other? It’s never been in contact with that filthy floor. Is it safe to put it back in the bag to eat later, or is it guilty by association, having been seen hanging around with that dirty double-crosser? Or should you pick them both up and offer them to that friend nobody seems to like anyway.

For future reference, if I offer you potato chips at any time, be wary of it.