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

[mtbdarby]

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

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 No body saw me, 5 second rule only slightly violated, and no crunchies. Life is good......

What would you have done?

[colby]

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?

[aicabsolut]

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.

[margo49]

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.

[HillSlugger]

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

[7rider]

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

[Zen]

Fiber

[7rider]

Extra roughage!

[Kano]

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

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

[Zen]

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

Desperate times call for desperate measures

[mtbdarby]

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

[Dr. Liz]

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.

[crazycanuck]

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
*ahem*
No brain cells were harmed during this post.

C

[Zen]

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

What doesn't kill me only postpones the inevitable.

[Xrayted]

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

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.

So what flavor was it anyway?