If You Drop a Shot Blok on the Road...

and no one is looking, do you pick it up and eat it?:rolleyes:

I was 35 miles into my ride and was about to consume my last Pina Colada shot blok when I started watching the hawks above me. I opened my bento box to retrieve said shot blok and the bag caught on my velcro and launched the blok out and unto the pavement. I let out a squeal and did the tightest turn on my bike to retrieve my expensive energy cube (don't worry, I checked my mirror for cars first). I scooped it up and pulled over, rinsed with water, and devoured:p No body saw me, 5 second rule only slightly violated, and no crunchies. Life is good......:D

What would you have done?

You rinsed it with water, no harm done. ;) If it was my last one or was carefully rationing (and it wasn't raining or heavy traffic), I definitely would have stopped. If I had more than enough or was afraid for my safety... maybe not. No harm in a little extra protein, right? :)

Pavement probably gets enough heat from the sun to kill most e. coli. Rinsing is definitely a good idea at least. I probably wouldn't have stopped over one block though.

Road is more dirt dirty than bacterially dirty, imo
I prob'ly would've sucked it without even washing and spit out the tiny stones.

If a ShotBlok falls and no one is there to see (except you) did it really fall? ;)

If a SnotBlock falls - you post about it on the web and let the world know!! :D
Well, gosh...you just busted the cardinal rule....now we all know and will go "Ewwww...."
Probably best to suck it down like a raw oyster and not think about it!

Fiber

Extra roughage!

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Originally Posted by Regina

If a SnotBlock falls - you post about it on the web and let the world know!! :D

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A SNOT BLock, and she turned around and went back to pick it up, and then she ATE it?

Now THAT is eeewwwwww!!!!!

Karen in Boise

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Originally Posted by Kano

A SNOT BLock, and she turned around and went back to pick it up, and then she ATE it?

Now THAT is eeewwwwww!!!!!

Karen in Boise

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Desperate times call for desperate measures

A SHOT block people!:p What kind of person do you think I am?????

Me? I'd let it go and pretend that I had eaten it anyway. I really don't like the things (they slither down my throat only slightly less worse than GU). I'd probably just, uh, lie to my riding partners and say I was still needing fuel, and stop at the next gas station for some fig newtons. But that's just me. :D

Umm if it were me i'd pick it up..

Reason? I don't have a never ending supply of shot bloks but i do have a couple of very nice dealers..:) Still, i'm sure it won't kill me to pick up! We're going to go sometime right?

Can you see the headline "panic in bike community, biker killed by a blob of blok.." Cycle for your lives :eek:
*ahem*
No brain cells were harmed during this post.

C

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Originally Posted by crazycanuck

Still, i'm sure it won't kill me to pick up! We're going to go sometime right?

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What doesn't kill me only postpones the inevitable.

Hmmm, new and interesting insights into your psyche there Dar... :p

Naw, you know I'm just yanking your chain. Funny that, if I dropped it out on the road, I'd wash it off. Especially if I was down to my last one and needed it. When working at the hospital, no matter what I drop (clean glove, whatever) I never pick it up and use it. (well, of course I pick it up, I just throw it away) We have a sparkling clean facility but there is NO 5 sec rule in the hospital. :eek: :rolleyes:

So what flavor was it anyway? :D