Five Second Rule
If it takes you more than five seconds to pick up the food you’ve dropped, you’re much too slow.
(This comic strip was previously published on February 15, 2010.)
Fraz decided to wear a wombat mask for Wombat Day this year, even though he is a little early. Wombat Day is actually next Tuesday, so it’s time to start baking! Wombat cake, wombat brownies, and wombat fudge are all good choices for Wombat Day. And of course, you shouldn’t forget the chocolate and wine gums.
Poor wombats I am sure the mouse always gets the food 🙁 I propose the rule be extended to 10 seconds.
I tried to tell the mouse that, but he wouldn’t listen!
Happy wombat day!
About the speed: not to worry it will improve with time.
I’ll try to get faster!
Happy Wombat Day, Indrani!
I like that Fraz is wearing a mask. It seems like the perfect Halloween outfit.
Candy Giver: And what are you supposed to be little boy?
Fraz: A Wombie! Now fork over the candy nice and slow M’am.
Does wearing a mask mean I can get away with stuff now? No one will know who I am!
Bank robberies, Krispy Kreme heists, you name it. I’m sure you will never get caught.
Actually, you can get one free donut at Krispy Kremes. How many donuts does one actually need?
One times a million! That’s how many doughnuts I need! I guess I’d better bring my wagon!
5 sec rule doesn’t apply in my house
If I drop any food, the dogs have it before it reaches the floor
Dogs are pretty quick! Especially when it’s good food!
Yes and even quicker than you
Wombies by the sounds of it 🙁 lol
I might be able to beat a dog for wine gums!
Yes but how about a Cheetah? 🙂
Probably not. But I could beat a Cheetos!
Yes and eat the whole batch 🙂
Yep! They’re yummy!
Hahaha… I guess it’s a bit like a mouse version of the 5-minute mile, huh?! You’d have to be a pretty quick mouse!
🙂
I think I’m faster than any mouse! Well maybe.
Much like the dogs I’ve had in the past. 😉
I better keep Spot and Dot away from the kitchen!
Same in my house but with the dog!
With dogs it’s a one second rule!
What if I don’t have a mouse?
I might be able to get you one if you want!
We can supply Bearman with as many as he likes, and perhaps we can throw in a few Zombies too? 🙂
OK! And maybe we could get him some zombie mice, too!
Yes some Zombie mice, dogs and a few hamsters if he wants them? 🙂
I hope he’ll take some zombies too! My traps are full of them this time of year!
It’s because of how populat Wombat Day has become, everyone wants to grab all the goodies and it is not often that you see Zombies fighting over who gets the bhiggest piece of chocolate, or how many wine gums they can eat 🙂 I know the traps keep them out of sight but we do treat them to some of Winky’s chocolate inventions and they seem to enjoy them 🙂
Popular too 🙂
Yeah that too!
I guess even zombies like their treats! Maybe if zombies had a Zombie Day of their own they wouldn’t try to steal all our treats.
I was a grown up when I first heard the 5-second rule. Our job had a lunch provided during registration (busy time) and the dean dropped her cookie and shouted 5-second rule. I was mortified, lol. There were a lot of people in that line, hence a lot of footprints on the floor where that cookie had fallen. 😉
In many places (like that!) it should be a zero second rule! Though I guess your dean survived.
Bwahahahahahahaha. So that’s what happens after five seconds. Who knew?
Have a fabulous day. 🙂
Those mice are sneaky devils!
I hope the 5 second rule doesn’t apply in restaurants!
I think it’s more like a 5 hour rule for restaurants.
I have two dogs that would snatch up the dropped food in 2 seconds.
I guess the trick is to never drop anything good!
Exactly. 😉
Finally had some time freed up, so I made you, Fraz, Binky, Twink and everyone here gallons of milkshakes…chocolate ones of course.
Enjoy!
Oh boy! I could use one of your big super-thick chocolate milkshakes about now! I bet we all could!
Oh crap, I thought it was the 5 minute rule 😯
You must have really really clean floors!
Wow five minutes? Fraz could eat a lot of pancakes in that time, yes and lots of wine gums and chocolate too 🙂
I could eat a three course meal in that time! With seconds!
Only a three course? I bet a five course wouldn’t stand much of a chance with you around Winky 🙂
I wouldn’t mid trying to break my record with a five course meal!!
You can try it over the
course of Wombat Day
if you like? 🙂
No pressure if you think that
you can’t handle the challenge 🙂
I think I could handle the challenge! I don’t mind eating at all! You might have noticed that.
I have to up that rule to at least 30 seconds since I move so slow. The cockroaches get next dibs and after they’re done – THEN the mice can have their fill! W.C.C.
Maybe I should change my rule to 30 seconds, too! But I think the food would be gone by the time I got to it.
If you get it in time you can switch ten second rule.
That mouse is pretty fast, though!
Aww…5 seconds is too short!! I’m glad it doesn’t apply at my house!…oh…wait..it does…just that my dog gets in on it before the mouse could..hehe
Dogs seem to be faster at getting dropped food than mice!
5-4-3-2- got it!
You’re a lot quicker than me!
I always wondered about that part of the rule. thanks!
Winky knows lots of stuff! Well some stuff.
I will definitely have all those baking treats, but who is going to be in the kitchen baking them, maybe Twink will do the honours? 🙂
Twink is pretty busy baking all that good stuff for Wombat Day over here! I was hoping you’d join our big party here!
Of course I will, wouldn’t miss Wombat Day and all those yummy treats 🙂 Even some of the skeletons are hoping to grab some goodies, and they desperately need to put some meat on their bones 🙂
It’s gonna be the biggest Wombat Day party ever!
Yeah those skeletons are kinda skinny!
Skinny bones for sure 🙁
I am looking forward to a
fangtastic Wombat Day 🙂
The party’s already started! I think we’re having a two day Wombat Day this year!
Fraz is eager wearing his Wombat Day mask but at least we can all look forward to eating all those goodies 🙂 Yaaaaaay
As a wombat I think I should get more treats for Wmbat Day!
I will make sure that you get more than anyone else, but don’t let Winky and Binky catch you or Twink either, oh I don’t know though, I think all you Wombies will be too busy eating snacks to worry about who has the biggest helping of chocolates 🙂
Yeah I think there’ll be enough treats for all of us all day long!
Great news 🙂
There are lots of Human-Wombies
after lots of goodies now too, sooo
Twink will be working her paws off
in the kitchen this year 🙂
We will help out by eating everything 🙂
I like to help out by eating! I’m really good at that!
I like the five second ruling Peter, though with mice around I would have thought one second would be enough, depending on how hungry it is and of course whether it could dodge Fraz or Winky’s feet in the rush to retrieve the dropped goodies 🙂
Mice like to hide though. They’d probably be a lot faster if they weren’t so shy.
Some are pretty nifty on their paws though, like that Cedric for instance, he grabs cheese quicker than anyone, but that could be because he is a rat with attitude 🙂
I wonder if our mouse knows Cedric? He didn’t tell me if he does.
He probably knows the cheeses disappear quicker when he is around, so luckily that you Wombies prefer Spam, Pancakes, Chocolate and Wine Gums or he would be off with those too 🙁
I don’t think any mouse could beat me to chocolate! Or wine gums! Cedric would beat me to cheese.
Great work and cartooning at its best, I like the mouse’s face, he looks a bit doubtful of getting hold of that, especially with Fraz and Winky around 🙁
Thanks, Andro. The mouse wasn’t really a very good model I don’t think.
As mice models go I think he looks fine 🙂
He is definitely a very no frills basic mouse model!
No frills works though, and I like him 🙂
Mr. Mouse is glad to hear that.
Or the dogs. But it usually doesn’t take five seconds.
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I guess dogs are pretty fast. And they eat just about everything!
five second rule which I first thought happened only in Indonesia … I didn’t realize it’s worldwide till recently.
Hahaha the mouse is faster than wombies
I think that rule applies anywhere someone drops something good to eat! You can’t let it go to waste!
Not to people who are clean freak … I think 😉
I’m more of a food freak than a clean freak!
CAN’T WAIT FOR THE BIG DAY!!! 😀
And by the way… 5 seconds… wow that’s quick!!
The mouse has to be quick to get any dropped chocolate around here!
It’s countdown to Wombat Day! Only two more days!!
Yes I can’t wait 🙂 I wonder who will get more chocolates? 🙂 We won’t need to worry as your chocolate factory has ben working overtime for ages now, and I bet that Wendy has been helping out with the supervising too 🙂
I’ve got enough Wombat Day chocolates ready for an army! Which is probably good because that’s how many we’re expecting for our party!
I will certainly help to eat all the chocolates, oh and the wine gums, pancakes and marshmallows too 🙂
I know I could count on you, Andro!
Fast mouse 😉
I guess mice are pretty fast when they small cheese. Sort of like a Wombie and chocolate.
Or the rat…
I bet a rat might be even faster!
Mice have to eat too!
I guess they do. But they don’t have to be so fast!