Simply put, this rule states that a person must listen to a conversation for 3 minutes before asking any questions. This allows the originators of the conversation to continue normally without having to reiterate points already covered and keeps the listener from looking like an idiot. It is invoked by the originators of a conversation should a third party ask a question which makes it clear that they haven't been listening.
Phil: So it turns out that tree in my backyard has a disease. We're gonna have to cut it down.
Jake: Oh yeah? That can get expensive.
Phil: Yeah, but I know a guy who knows a guy. College roommates. Now that I think about it, you've never met him. We should all get together and go bowling.
Jake: I love bowling. That reminds me-
Gary: Hey guys, what's up? Phil, did you ever find out about that tree?
Phil: 3 minute rule, Gary.
Jake: Oh yeah? That can get expensive.
Phil: Yeah, but I know a guy who knows a guy. College roommates. Now that I think about it, you've never met him. We should all get together and go bowling.
Jake: I love bowling. That reminds me-
Gary: Hey guys, what's up? Phil, did you ever find out about that tree?
Phil: 3 minute rule, Gary.
by Taylor Scisco May 26, 2007
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The rule stating that unless you can put your arms around a girl, hug her, and are able to tougch your own elbows, the girl is to be discarded and a new one should be found.
Freinds of drunk freinds should learn to apply this rule when drunk vision makes the drunk freind envision the unworthy girl who is 50 pounds less than she is.
and of course use common sense too. if you are apporaching midget size, vida guerrera wouldn't fit so midgets can use the finger rule. And Yao ming's can use the bicep rule.
p.s. if the girl is a hog beast then the rule no longer applies and for your dignities sake you should find another girl.
Freinds of drunk freinds should learn to apply this rule when drunk vision makes the drunk freind envision the unworthy girl who is 50 pounds less than she is.
and of course use common sense too. if you are apporaching midget size, vida guerrera wouldn't fit so midgets can use the finger rule. And Yao ming's can use the bicep rule.
p.s. if the girl is a hog beast then the rule no longer applies and for your dignities sake you should find another girl.
After careful examination of the elbow rule i realized that wendy, whom i had been going out with for 2 years, did not apply as a good candidate and therefore, it was imperative to dump her on the spot with no reason why.
by D-man12 November 17, 2007
Get the the elbow rule mug.1. Traditially a man's name, not a female name - the reason being the actual meaning of the world and old world values, which are indeed ebbing in this day and age of homopolitan sweater wearing coffee house schmoozes. The word means "Valiant" in old Irish. As in valiance, the virtue which was the very paragon of Knighthood, see differences between words, Knight and Lady to gain a rudimentary understanding of gender within the English language and prior Celtic influences in a historical sense.
2. An individual who is on the verge of lashing out physically or near entering into a fight, sometimes seething with anger. One might also see the word modified as 'riled'.
3. Any individual with a fiery disposition, regardless of egocentric issues or your petty drama, one who is willing to make a stand in the face of adversity.
4. A sexual term indicating great excitement and fervor, high energy and dedication toward another's satisfaction.
2. An individual who is on the verge of lashing out physically or near entering into a fight, sometimes seething with anger. One might also see the word modified as 'riled'.
3. Any individual with a fiery disposition, regardless of egocentric issues or your petty drama, one who is willing to make a stand in the face of adversity.
4. A sexual term indicating great excitement and fervor, high energy and dedication toward another's satisfaction.
1. Riley is petting his cat.
2. That made Bob so angry, that he got all riley and wanted to punch Cliff.
3. When Eric wouldn't quit being a close minded bigot, Roy got riley about it and told him to shut his mouth and go home before he got hurt.
4. I don't even know what happened, one minute things were normal and then Sara got all riley on me and sucked my dick so good her ass sprayed cream when I was done!
2. That made Bob so angry, that he got all riley and wanted to punch Cliff.
3. When Eric wouldn't quit being a close minded bigot, Roy got riley about it and told him to shut his mouth and go home before he got hurt.
4. I don't even know what happened, one minute things were normal and then Sara got all riley on me and sucked my dick so good her ass sprayed cream when I was done!
by neun October 18, 2008
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"Rule Fifty-One" was the title of the 7th season finale of the TV show "NCIS," referring to Special Agent Gibbs' established 50 rules for being a special agent of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. At the end of the episode, in which he needed a lawyer, he went through a box with pieces of paper on which he'd written his rules, and one said, "#13 NEVER, EVER INVOLVE A LAWYER." He turned it over and wrote, "#51 SOMETIMES YOU'RE WRONG." A major admission for Gibbs, even to himself. If he can admit it, we all can.
"Rule Fifty-One" was the title of the 7th season finale of the TV show "NCIS," referring to Special Agent Gibbs' established 50 rules for being a special agent of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. At the end of the episode, in which he needed a lawyer, he went through a box with pieces of paper on which he'd written his rules, and one said, "#13 NEVER, EVER INVOLVE A LAWYER." He turned it over and wrote, "#51 SOMETIMES YOU'RE WRONG." A major admission for Gibbs, even to himself. If he can admit it, we all can.
DiNozzo: "Well, Ziva, it's like Ben Affleck said in 'The Hunt for Red October'... "
McGee: "Tony, Affleck didn't start playing Jack Ryan until 'The Sum of All Fears.' Alec Baldwin played Ryan in 'Red October.'"
DiNozzo: "Seriously, McGeek? YOU are challenging ME on a movie reference? I'm always right about these things, especially when Sean Connery is in the movie!"
Gibbs (slapping DiNozzo on the back of the head): "Rule 51."
DiNozzo: "Ow! Oh yeah: 'Sometimes, you're wrong.'"
McGee: "Tony, Affleck didn't start playing Jack Ryan until 'The Sum of All Fears.' Alec Baldwin played Ryan in 'Red October.'"
DiNozzo: "Seriously, McGeek? YOU are challenging ME on a movie reference? I'm always right about these things, especially when Sean Connery is in the movie!"
Gibbs (slapping DiNozzo on the back of the head): "Rule 51."
DiNozzo: "Ow! Oh yeah: 'Sometimes, you're wrong.'"
by UncleMikeNJ July 7, 2011
Get the Rule 51 mug.A test used in 19th middle and upper class Black communities to decide of a black American was sufficiently white enough to warrant inclusion. The idea is that your hair should be as straight as a ruler. Today the practice is not rightly condemned as "colorism" but is not altogether abandoned. See also brown paper bag test
"Don't go swimming or you won't be able to pass the ruler test when you meet your date's parent's tonight."
by Bill Peters August 19, 2006
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Dumb Bitch:Dude High Plains Drifter was stupid.
Chris:Dude rule 9003, you better shut up.
Dumb Bitch: Well its true all he did was fuck some women, shoot some men, blow shit up, and then burn some shit down.
Chris:Fag. I'll get the fifty cal.
Chris:Dude rule 9003, you better shut up.
Dumb Bitch: Well its true all he did was fuck some women, shoot some men, blow shit up, and then burn some shit down.
Chris:Fag. I'll get the fifty cal.
by USMCtopgun November 15, 2009
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