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Testing the Five Second Rule

Posted by michael on from the lun-cha-wa dept.

V_M_Smith writes "Have we been wrong all this time? Is the Five-second Rule only a myth? My world view is shattered!"

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  1. 5 dulication rule? by lostindenver · · Score: 4, Funny

    Must every thing be duplicated 5 times?

  2. In my house... by GypC · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... the 5-second-rule is that the dog has 5 seconds to eat dropped food before I pick it up and eat it myself.

    He knows this, and usually manages to snatch the morsel before it even hits the floor.

  3. The *original* article by menscher · · Score: 4, Informative

    From Sep 2: If You Drop It, Should You Eat It? Scientists Weigh In on the 5-Second Rule.

  4. The real reason for the duplicates by narratorDan · · Score: 4, Funny
    The reason is, and this is the real scary part, that each duplicate story contains a secret message for a anti-US geek terrorist cell bent on destroying the Christian capitalist imperialism of the infidel west.
    To read the messages you compare the two (somtimes three) duplicate stories and ROT13 the output. This is from the two five second rule articles:
    The countdown to the next Windows web worm outbreak has begun.
    SoBig.G ready in 5 days. Praise Allah
    'Course, the repeat stories are between repetitive stories of SCO 0wnz-u x.x, MS Evil 1.4beta, RIAA molests little girl, etc, etc.
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    "If you're not confused by quantum mechanics, you really don't understand it." - Niels Bohr
  5. Other Rules by mopslik · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still awaiting scientific analysis of the "he who smelt it dealt it" rule.

  6. Ok, dupes can be cool by Alizarin+Erythrosin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Last time this story was posted, I got a Score:5, Funny...

    Mods, go to work :-)

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