phrase- simply means that if you're ever forced to go somewhere in public with your parents (the local mall for example), and you don't want to be seen in this humiliating situation, you walk 10 tiles ahead of your parents, nobody will ever notice that you're with them. The whole thing goes out the window if they scream your name out across the mall, but the entire situation can be avoided completely if you just bring your cell phone and they allow you to leave their watchful eyes.
John: I have to go to the mall with my parents, and for some reason they said I can't leave their sight.
Joe: No sweat man. All you have to do is use the 10 tile rule.
Joe: No sweat man. All you have to do is use the 10 tile rule.
by Corn Flake January 3, 2007
Get the 10 tile rulemug. Any computer application must respond to input within twenty-seconds or the person using it will think that the software is broken and begin pressing the "Any Key" to elicit a response.
Internet latency is not an excuse for failure to respond; c'mon, even satellite links have less than 20 second latency.
Internet latency is not an excuse for failure to respond; c'mon, even satellite links have less than 20 second latency.
The iPhone has a 20-second rule start-up timer; if an application takes longer than 20 seconds to start up, it is killed by the iPhone OS. Also, the iPhone OS will kill any application that is unresponsive for longer than 20 seconds.
Usually seen on poorly built web pages that rely on over-taxed advertising servers.
Also violated by Windows OS during the boot process where it waits a whole freaking minute for network connections that are never connected to time out.
Usually seen on poorly built web pages that rely on over-taxed advertising servers.
Also violated by Windows OS during the boot process where it waits a whole freaking minute for network connections that are never connected to time out.
by BigUncleJohn October 24, 2010
Get the 20-second rulemug. If a houseguest, squatter or friend has left any take-away within your fridge for 36 hours or longer then the food is fair game and is fully within the public domain.
Bob: Dude! Where the fuck is my kung pau?
Alice: Dunno. Where'd you leave it?
Bob: In the fridge
Alice: And it's not there anymore?!
Bob. Umm... No
Alice: Well, how long ago did you leave it there?
Bob: Last tuesday, I think
Alice: Dude; That was like 3-times-the-36-Hour-Rule ago
Bob: WTF is the "36 Hour Rule"?!!!
Alice: Dunno. Where'd you leave it?
Bob: In the fridge
Alice: And it's not there anymore?!
Bob. Umm... No
Alice: Well, how long ago did you leave it there?
Bob: Last tuesday, I think
Alice: Dude; That was like 3-times-the-36-Hour-Rule ago
Bob: WTF is the "36 Hour Rule"?!!!
by Bobcats Varsity '09 March 25, 2008
Get the 36 Hour Rulemug. 1. When you're having sex with a pregnant woman and the fetus falls out onto the floor, you have 5 seconds to get it back in or else you must eat it.
2. When you trip and fall on the ground and your homie yells "5-second rule" and starts eating your ass.
2. When you trip and fall on the ground and your homie yells "5-second rule" and starts eating your ass.
1: Guy: Uh oh honey, it just popped out! My bad!
Girl: Well I guess you have 5 seconds to put Cleetus back in.
Guy: Oh, right the 5-second rule!
Oops it's too late now.
*Shoves Cleetus down his throat*
Girl: *Cries*
2: Bro 1: Watch out, your dick's untied.
Bro 2: *trips on dick and faceplants*
Bro 3: 5-second rule!
Bro 1 and 3: Start eating Bro 2's ass.
Girl: Well I guess you have 5 seconds to put Cleetus back in.
Guy: Oh, right the 5-second rule!
Oops it's too late now.
*Shoves Cleetus down his throat*
Girl: *Cries*
2: Bro 1: Watch out, your dick's untied.
Bro 2: *trips on dick and faceplants*
Bro 3: 5-second rule!
Bro 1 and 3: Start eating Bro 2's ass.
by Mike Hawksmall December 16, 2019
Get the 5-Second Rulemug. The amount of time a DVD supplied by a through-the-post rental service has to prove itself watchable. A way of dealing with the inevitable question; "Who the hell picked that!?" when some discs arrive. A damage limitation excercise. Life is too short for bad movies.
Shyamalan's The Happening dropped through the door in the morning so we thought what the hell. We used the ten minute rule. It didn't make it.
by Hierophant September 6, 2009
Get the ten minute rulemug. A widely known rule used to make morons feel better about eating off of the ground. Supposedly the food god protects all food for 5 seconds after it touches the ground. After which the food god will become angry and infest it with cooties.
Moron: Oh noes my sammich!
Food god: Hurry, pick it up. 5 second rule!
~5 seconds later~
Moron: ...What?
Food god: I am angered! I shall infest your sandwich with cooties!!
Food god: Hurry, pick it up. 5 second rule!
~5 seconds later~
Moron: ...What?
Food god: I am angered! I shall infest your sandwich with cooties!!
by I r mime May 28, 2007
Get the 5 second rulemug. 10 Second Rule is an expansion from the 5 Second Rule due usually for being too drunk! By the time the food has been dropped, your mind figuring out it has been dropped and finally realising you DO have to bend down retrieve the food it's still fine to just give it a rub off and continue to eat it. (If you are drunk, so are germs, therefore it's going to take them longer to get to the food.)
Drunk Dude 1: *Been drinking all night, drops fat juicy chip from the chippy on the sick ass ground, watches it fall, looks upset* "Damn! Oh well, 10 second rule" *Bends down, picks it up and eats it*
Drunk Dude 2: *Agrees with the 10 second rule*
Drunk Dude 2: *Agrees with the 10 second rule*
by pinkpunkmaiden May 20, 2007
Get the 10 Second Rulemug.