So Wednesday night at Salvatore’s after work party they had some delicious food and I made a small plate and one piece of pasta fell on the floor and I picked it up and did the sign of the cross like I always do and ate it. A listener walked up to me terrified that I ate something off the floor. Now many of us go by the rule that says if food drops on the floor and is only there for five seconds or less, it’s safe to pick it up and eat it. In fact, 53% of Americans believe if you drop anything from hot dogs to ice cream to toast on the floor and get it up in under five seconds it’s safe to eat. Now for me I have to do the sign of the cross that’s something my family always did. Well, now studies show that this may, in fact, be okay. The majority of foods can stay on the floor for up to thirty seconds without being contaminated by bacteria. So there. What do you think?