# People believe the 3 second rule is real?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-believe-the-3-second-rule-is-real/250764>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 16, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-believe-the-3-second-rule-is-real/250764 "2004-06-16T23:56:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-believe-the-3-second-rule-is-real/250764/21 "2004-06-18T02:43:59Z")

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> [@dwyr](#):
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> Plus, don’t bears you-know-what in the woods?
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> 😉

Shag? Well… _once_. 😃

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**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-believe-the-3-second-rule-is-real/250764/22 "2004-06-18T03:32:39Z")

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I figure that I eat plenty of filth from my environment every day without my knowledge anyway. I operate on something closer to a three month rule. I drive everywhere for my job, and I have been known to delight in the discovery of a forgotten jelly bean.

The other day I enjoyed an unexpected bonus - Buttered Popcorn. Yum!

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