by muriel pidcock August 20, 2007
A wholly untrue rule that states that if your food drops to the floor/ground and has contact for less than five seconds, you can simply pick it up and eat it without risk of sickness. This is untrue, of course. Bacteria covers your food upon contact, it doesn't take five seconds for them to attach.
Guy 1:Dude, are you gonna eat that?
Guy 2:Yeah..
Guy 1:But it fell on the floor...
Guy 2:But it wasn't there for five seconds..so according to the Five Second Rule..it's all good.
Guy 2:Yeah..
Guy 1:But it fell on the floor...
Guy 2:But it wasn't there for five seconds..so according to the Five Second Rule..it's all good.
by the_realistic_numbers112 June 15, 2011
by Mr. Roboto April 01, 2005
A second hand emotion is when your friend goes through a heart break or something and it upsets you as well as them
I'm sad because my friend lost her cat.
Isn't that second hand emotion?
Yeah because it didn't happen to me but it still upsets me.
Isn't that second hand emotion?
Yeah because it didn't happen to me but it still upsets me.
by D.bug November 10, 2015
The douchebag who is second in line and makes a complete ass of themselves because they got something before you.
by kentuckyfriedcarl February 04, 2009
by hcsophia November 24, 2015
In the case of not knowing exactly how long to keep smaller portions of food in a microwave oven, the general rule of thumb is to tap the "+ 30 Seconds" button on your microwave.
by Frohman23 September 07, 2010