Scientific analysis of the 5 second rule. One important conclusion, cookies are more likely to be picked up off the floor and eaten as compared to broccoli. I could have told them that without a Phd. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-does-science-say-about-five-second-rule-its-complicated-180960434/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20five%2Dsecond%20rule%20is,and%20gummy%20candy%20the%20least.
Wait. If said cookie fell onto, say, a cat vomit, would Earl still be munching it down even if he grabbed it up within the 5 seconds? Rosco has enough sense not to. I think, maybe he would though…
allen@home about 2 years ago
Roscoe around, Earl you got to be quick.
MichaelAxelFleming about 2 years ago
Does the five second rule apply when I drop my sandwich in the cat box?
Ratkin Premium Member about 2 years ago
Now I’m hungry.
Templo S.U.D. about 2 years ago
so close, eh, Roscoe?
yoey1957 about 2 years ago
Due to supply chain issues some parts of the country are increasing the 5 second rule to 10 seconds.
C about 2 years ago
That’s how the cookie crumbles
enigmamz about 2 years ago
Opal, why? Don’t you mop the floor?
PraiseofFolly about 2 years ago
Dog thought: ((Once again I have to be satisfied with crumbs!))
akiprev04 about 2 years ago
The rule which has been proved wrong.
iggyman about 2 years ago
Roscoe, you sometimes kill me! Funny!
iggyman about 2 years ago
Here it’s the 3 second rule!
iggyman about 2 years ago
Check out Roscoe’s anticipation! Aw the letdown!
Acworthless about 2 years ago
Any dog I’ve ever owned would have been on top of it as it hit the floor — or grabbed it on its way down!
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member about 2 years ago
Around our house, “Once on the floor. It is no more.”
Ichabod Ferguson about 2 years ago
As kids we used to “Kiss it up to god” to ‘cleanse’ candy we’d dropped on the floor and wanted to eat —but not in front of our parents.
patricev70 about 2 years ago
Better not leave it to Roscoe if it was a chocolat chips cookie! Or raisins!
ANIMAL about 2 years ago
I subscribe to the ZERO second rule……. floors are NASTY..!!!!!!!!
rhpii about 2 years ago
Scientific analysis of the 5 second rule. One important conclusion, cookies are more likely to be picked up off the floor and eaten as compared to broccoli. I could have told them that without a Phd. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-does-science-say-about-five-second-rule-its-complicated-180960434/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20five%2Dsecond%20rule%20is,and%20gummy%20candy%20the%20least.
Redd Panda about 2 years ago
Pup must have arthritis, my old boy would have gobbled that, before it stopped moving.
rickmac1937 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Too slow Roscoe
walstib Premium Member about 2 years ago
Crane is a master at depicting Roscoe’s facial expressions.
Comics are the first thing to read about 2 years ago
With our dogs, nothing lasted 5 seconds on the floor.
assrdood about 2 years ago
In certain rooms, the rules do not apply. And, in certain rooms, they are strictly enforced. Sorta like our government.
kaycstamper about 2 years ago
Looks like chocolate chip cookies, best NOT to let the dog have it!
CharlesBaker about 2 years ago
I doubt it would have even hit the floor at my house!
Ed The Red Premium Member about 2 years ago
No chocolate chip cookies for dogs. Sorry, Roscoe.
IWannaBeLerxst about 2 years ago
Roscoe REWLS. Best character in the strip.
Detroit Dan about 2 years ago
Our beast can’t count to five, so it would be gone by three or less…
Bookworm about 2 years ago
If my dog Max was still around, the 5-Second rule wouldn’t matter. A dropped cookie would never hit the floor.
JudithStocker Premium Member about 2 years ago
As long as they’re not chocolate chip cookies then Roscoe could have them.
Zebrastripes about 2 years ago
Awwww, at least give him a bite. LOL
goboboyd about 2 years ago
Earl and Rosco can both be “Good Boys” by sharing and kissing the cook. Only Rosco get to use tongue. Pucker up Earl. Snuggles on the couch for all.
brian about 2 years ago
I love the 5 second rule. :-) You go, Earl!!!
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 2 years ago
Yeah Roscoe….it’s a poor dogs life?
daleandkristen about 2 years ago
Wait. If said cookie fell onto, say, a cat vomit, would Earl still be munching it down even if he grabbed it up within the 5 seconds? Rosco has enough sense not to. I think, maybe he would though…
ComicsBinger Premium Member about 2 years ago
No five second rule in homes with sheddy cats.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 2 years ago
Takes me more than five seconds to get down there
Mary Sullivan Premium Member about 2 years ago
I’m surprised he had time to get it before Roscoe did. Most dogs I know are quicker than that.
zeexenon about 2 years ago
A young dog would have grabbed it in mid air and been gone.
dlaemmerhirt999 about 2 years ago
“WHAT A jerk!” – Roscoe
Bill Hand about 2 years ago
With my dog, that cookie wouldn’t have had a chance to bounce, much less survive five seconds
heathcliff2 about 2 years ago
Assuming Earl has a healthy immune system.
coffeeturtle about 2 years ago
There are only three types of people in the world….
The Quick
The Dead
The cookie-less
Nobody_Important about 2 years ago
Hard to have a five second rule here when we have a two second dog!
kab2rb about 2 years ago
I assume not chocolate, for our dogs they be faster, unless mom is around then she reacts.
ramonmister28 about 2 years ago
An old man who can beat a dog to food on a floor?
Either call Guinness to get Earl in the book or take Roscoe to the Vet for a check-up.
w16521 about 2 years ago
That’s an angry looking Roscoe in the last panel.
StevePappas about 2 years ago
Mythbusters busted that myth.
montylc2001 about 2 years ago
With a dog and a cat in the house…the 5 second rule does not apply…unless you really like eating hair.
einarbt about 2 years ago
Common dog, you need to be quicker than that.