57% Of Us Have Eaten Food Off the Floor!

By The Rahny Taylor Morning Show

April 12, 2017

According to a recent survey by Buzzfeed, 70% of us sometimes use our finger as a spoon to eat things like peanut butter or icing when we eat cake.  

Here are eight more gross eating stats . . .

1.  Do you ever eat food that's fallen on the floor?  57% said yes.

2.  Do you ever lick your fingers clean after you eat?  64% admitted to it.

3.  Do you ever end up with food all over your face?  54% of us do.  83% said they sometimes spill on their clothes, and 45% sometimes get food in their HAIR.

4.  Do you make chewing or slurping noises when you eat?  Only 25% said yes.

5.  Do you ever talk with food in your mouth?  Only 43% said yes, which seems low.

6.  Do you ever lick your plate clean?  35% of people said they do it.

7.  Do you ever pick food out of your teeth and then swallow it?  70% said yes.

8.  Do you ever eat something that's too hot . . . spit it out . . . wait for it to cool down . . . and put it back in your mouth?  45% of people said yes. 

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