Disgusting Romney: Drops pork chop on ground outside, puts back on grill citing 5 second rule

[ecstatic]

:puke:

FYI, 5 Second Rule--if ever applicable--is only relevant when it comes to dropping something on a CLEAN, HOUSEHOLD FLOOR.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2007/08/10/romney.pork.chop.drop.cnn

[twenty4blackbirds]

1. germs can be grilled to death, right? n/t

[bahrbearian]

20. Not Mad Pig Disease,

[thunder rising]

2. I have to agree with Mit here....sorry.

It's not like he had to chase the dog down to get it back.

[AlCzervik]

4. well his dog was strapped to the top of the family truckster so it's it's unlikely

his dog would have been in the grilling area.

[karlrschneider]

11. Lucky for him, the dogshit on the ground wasn't running away.

Urp.

[bahrbearian]

22. LOL

[BlooInBloo]

3. There are plenty of things to criticize/mock Romney about, but this doesn't seem like one to me....

... He put it back on *the grill*. Grills are *hot*. Heat *kills* bacteria. As long as he brushed of the physical hunks of dirt or whatever, it'd be fine.

[Posteritatis]

14. Yeah, this kinda seems like a "so what?" sort of thing. (nt)

[sandnsea]

5. 'how yummy is this' rule

The yummier the food, the longer it can stay on the floor or ground and still be eaten. :9

[Mz Pip]

6. As long as it was his porkchop

I don't care!

Of course he probably gave it to someone else.

Kind of like his sons. The war is okay if they don't have to go.

The porkchop is okay as long as he doesn't have to eat it.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[TwilightGardener]

7. Ann Romney kept saying, "Leave it--that one's for the dogs", but he just wouldn't listen...

Then somebody else yelled out "I hope you don't do that at home!" Gross! But I like Ann Romney. Can't stand Mittens and his cheesy game-show-host self, but Ann always strikes me as a decent lady--so far.

[Igel]

8. Damned elitist. We had a 10-second rule. n/t

[LostInAnomie]

28. Bourgeoisie swine! We ate what we found in the grass at the fair grounds!

County fairs were like a buffet.

[Webster Green]

9. I would rinse it...then back on the grill..

No problem.

[uppityperson]

10. cooking it afterwards is ok.

that pork used to walk on the ground even.

[Melynn]

12. Mitt seems like a regular guy by doing this

I wouldn't do it but a lot of people do.

BTW, I don't think that Mitt really is a regular guy. He strikes me as being as phony as they come.

[Katherine Brengle]

18. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing was a skit.

Not that tinfoil hattish either - one of his PR guys could've said, "Hey, Mittens, you're not really looking like a genuine man of the people here. What say you accidentally on purpose drop a hunk of meat on the ground at that cookout and then eat it anyway - show 'em how normal and tough you are."

[ecstatic]

26. LOL... could be

Because for some reason he was referencing the rule before the chop even dropped. Uggh... Either way, maybe it's my age showing, but I'm not going to eat something that fell on the ground (possibly on top of dog feces or dead bugs). I don't care how well it's grilled afterwards.

[ContraBass Black]

13. Cooking food and then eating it after it's touched the ground is much more

Sanitary than eating it directly from a kitchen floor, regardless of how clean that floor is.

[TahitiNut]

15. (wow) All I can say is that I hope a lot of DUers never have to eat MRE's or C-rats ...

... out in the field in a combat zone. Funny how hungry people get a lot less fastidioous.

:eyes:

[GRLMGC]

16. "It's just a little dirty

it's still good. It's still good"

[Kingshakabobo]

21. "You can't win friends with salad" n/t

[GRLMGC]

25. True words of wisdom nt

[Katherine Brengle]

17. lmao

Did HE eat it, or was it passed on to someone else?

If he ate it, I am amused.

If someone else ate it, then ew.

[WindRavenX]

19. Dude, I do that all the time.

Grilling kills the germs. Not a big deal.

[emilyg]

30. Me,too

[B Calm]

23. Food costs money. Guess you can call me disgusting too..

[dweller]

24. freakin' moran ...

any good chef worth his sea salt knows it's only 3 seconds.


It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
Julia Child


dp

[Richard Steele]

27. Sorry, but I'd more likely criticize someone who discarded a perfectly good pork chop.

Unless it dropped onto a pile of dog crap or some such,
I'd do the same thing.

[rwheeler31]

29. oooh yuck

[The_Casual_Observer]

31. "I'll leave that one for somebody else"

[Raine]

32. AW heck, I bet you would've criticized him

if he had thrown away that perfectly good chop cause it fell on the ground for 5 seconds! Experts did a study on this and said 5 seconds is fine, in-fact stuff can land longer than that and be OK. :9 :rofl: B-)

EDIT: punctuation

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

33. That's the first thing I've ever heard about him that I like n/t