The law of accumulating catastrophe. Often applied to nautical situations. Often a disaster beginning with one simple error that causes a domino effect.
Bill was sailing along when a shackle parted on the jib stay. The mast fell over the side. When Bill tried to engage the engine, the prop picked up some of the rigging and stalled. The wind and current pushed his boat until it ran aground on the beach. He had become an unwitting victim of Beare's law of accumulating catastrophe.
by Aquarama January 5, 2011
Get the Beare's Law mug.a new post-9/11 rule that says you can't leave or enter the U.S.A. without a passport. Just to go to Canada you have to spend $100 on a passport and wait for weeks to get it.
I live 4.5 hours away from the Canadian border and just to go up there and spend an afternoon I have to carry a passport now, thanks to this new passport law. That really sucks big time!
by I Saw U2 Live Twice December 13, 2008
Get the passport law mug.Friend: Hey whats your girlfriends sisters name again?
Me: Carley.
Friend: Yeah I plowed her last night
Me: Well, looks like were fucker-in-laws.
Me: Carley.
Friend: Yeah I plowed her last night
Me: Well, looks like were fucker-in-laws.
by Al_94 April 23, 2014
Get the fucker-in-law mug.The not oft spoken of but widely understood idea that, when tailing behind an obviously idiotic person on a bike, who is wobbling, swerving, or generally unable to maintain control of their vehicle, let alone the rules of the road, and is taking up an entire lane (usually the left turning lane), the driver in the motor vehicle directly behind the rider has permission to flash headlights, swear, honk, and eventually pass the cyclist while flicking the bird.
The Weeble Law only applies to morons during the day - intoxicated nighttime riders are exempt, as are children learning how to ride.
...Because Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.
The Weeble Law only applies to morons during the day - intoxicated nighttime riders are exempt, as are children learning how to ride.
...Because Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.
I had to invoke the Weeble Law on the way over here, since there was a dude wobbling on his bike for 3 minutes and he couldn't decide if he wanted to make that left.
by Stiricide August 30, 2010
Get the Weeble Law mug."The strange cousin to Godwin’s Law ... that equal marriage rights can rarely be discussed by conservatives without a double entendre eventually being deployed typically related to something being shoved down someone’s throat"
- David DeWitt (Twitter @TheRevDeWitt)
- David DeWitt (Twitter @TheRevDeWitt)
Commenter 1: ... and that's why we need equal rights protection under the law.
Commenter 2: DeWitt’s Law in three, two, one...
Commenter 3: You damn Democrats, stop wanting to shove your gays down my children's throats!
Commenter 2: Ding!
Commenter 2: DeWitt’s Law in three, two, one...
Commenter 3: You damn Democrats, stop wanting to shove your gays down my children's throats!
Commenter 2: Ding!
by Pennarin October 3, 2014
Get the DeWitt’s Law mug.The Curve Law states that if someone is ghosted by another individual, they will inevitably lose interest.
Person 1: Hey, did you hear that Jimmy was rejected?
Person 2: Yeah, the girl who he liked was taken, so he followed the Curve Law.
Person 2: Yeah, the girl who he liked was taken, so he followed the Curve Law.
by Mshiro November 4, 2020
Get the The Curve Law mug.Named after Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams. Similar to Goodwin's law, this variation is an Irish version. When a topic is mentioned by an Irish person or on an Irish forum, as the length of the discussion grows, the probability approaches one that
(1) the IRA, Sinn Féin, "the troubles", Northern Ireland or The Irish Civil War will be mentioned.
(1) the IRA, Sinn Féin, "the troubles", Northern Ireland or The Irish Civil War will be mentioned.
What the hell, this forum title was about New Zealand planning on changing their flag and a mere 5 posts in, Adam's Law strikes!
by blueswannabe April 19, 2014
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