This was a very special day. Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, a weekly medical advisor on television, was talking about the old five second rule. You know, the one that says if something drops on the floor and is there for less than five seconds it's OK to eat it. Much to my surprise, the good doctor said that carpet is less infected with bacteria than a tile floor. How refreshing!
For several years carpet has taken a beating (no pun intended) from all directions. Even Dr. Michael Berry, supposedly a friend of the carpet industry, described carpet as a "sink" which is sort of disgusting. In fact there seems to be a concerted effort to make carpet look bad even from the CRI, which has a program that actually makes carpet seem very hard to care for.
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