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>> i do. >> its elephant. >> they taste like shoes. >> oh. >> smells like feet. [ laughter ] >> you are crazy. you just ate that right off the floor. >> i dont think that the -- >> oh, boy. >> i dont think -- >> that is beyond the three-second rule. way beyond. >> so he ate some serial okrer the floor. im not judging, except it does get worse. >> ladies and gentlemen, those were not grape nuts that i ate. i kept finding more and for of it on the floor and i thought it was grape nuts because it l...

Are you ready for this one? weve got a vomit warning here. if vomit freaks you out, i know some people get freaked by it, put it on mute for a second. a weather man in hartford, connecticut, scott henney is his name. he thinks he dropped a grape nut. >> from the floor. >> he thinks hes being funny. he does the three second rule. he puts it in his mouth. they were all going, three second rule, you just ate it off the floor. he goes on and says, this tastes really nasty like an old shoe or somethi...

Are you ready for this one? weve got a vomit warming here. if vomit freaks you out, put it on mute for a second. a weather man in hartford, connecticut, scott heeney is his name. he thinks hes eating grape nuts. >> from the floor. >> he thinks he dropped a grape nut. he must have been eating grape nuts. he thinks hes being funny, he does the three second rule. hey, three second rule. you just ate it off the floor. he says, this tastes really nasty like an old shoe or something. you can tell some...

French fry off the floor. >> i thought it was the five-second rule. >> i heard three. >> reporter: and eaten it. >> the three-second rule goes back for generations. my parents used to do that. >> if food falls on the floor for three seconds, its supposedly okay to eat the food. >> reporter: but does the three-second rule hold up under scientific scrutiny? researchers in britains manchester metropolitan university have put the rule to the test. while some foods flop -- >> and this unfortunate $15...

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