Here's a poll...

[catnapper]

5 second rule for me.... except we have a Callie dog who'd eat it like the others.


Cameron wanted cheese this morning. We were fresh out of string cheese and I didn't feel like opening a new pack of American cheese so I gave him a slice of swiss.... Callie enjoyed it thoroughly after Cameron made yuckie faces.

[Catty1]

A few months back, I was at the front of the church, lined up for communion. We used bits of pita bread at the time.

It's not a dead serious occasion in many ways, but certainly a quiet and sacred rite of the church. Greg, the priest came along the line to me with the bread, and quietly intoned "The body of Christ, the bread of Heaven", and somehow the bread bounced merrily onto the floor.

Greg and I looked at each other for a split stunned second - it was all I could do to not burst out laughing, and that I swallowed the laughter was clear on my face.

After the service, I checked with Greg - and yes, the 10 second rule does apply to the Communion host. Just so we know for next time.

[sumbirdy]

As others have said, the dogs would probably snatch it up first. Although since I love cheese, I have been known to dive in with the dogs and TRY to retrieve it anyway.

[Flatcoatluver]

I would have ate it, and yes I have done it before. Just pick off the dog hair and deal with it!

Now my best friend would probally throw up at the thought of me doing it, total germ-a-phopic. She has to wash her hands after touching anything in my house. Ha Ha

[Karen]

Growing up, the dog would have gotten it. It probably never would have made it as far as the floor! Now, I'd have to toss the cheese and just add some mustard to my sandwich! Being married to someone with a not-too-robust immune system makes me more careful.

[Lady's Human]

Being that I'm normally tripping over a dog while I'm trying to make something in the kitchen, the cheese would have been a lost cause the moment it slipped from my hand.