I think we can rule out a… — an endlessly productive word formula designed to explain the gravity of a situation through a poetically oppositional comparison.
How to use “ I think we can rule out a…” as a word formula:
1) Undercover surveillance team observing a cross burning at a Neo-Nazi rally on the February 24 and 25th 2023 day of Hatred:
Well, I guess we can rule out this as being a Bar Mitzvah.
2) A hotel worker in New Orleans brings towels to the orgy room at a swingers convention:
Well, I think we can rule out finding Gandhi in that room.
3) A pork barbecue food truck vendor dives by a park were a vegan gathering of THE RAINBOW TRIBE is being held:
I think we can rule out finding anyone in that park who wants a good carne asada.
1) Undercover surveillance team observing a cross burning at a Neo-Nazi rally on the February 24 and 25th 2023 day of Hatred:
Well, I guess we can rule out this as being a Bar Mitzvah.
2) A hotel worker in New Orleans brings towels to the orgy room at a swingers convention:
Well, I think we can rule out finding Gandhi in that room.
3) A pork barbecue food truck vendor dives by a park were a vegan gathering of THE RAINBOW TRIBE is being held:
I think we can rule out finding anyone in that park who wants a good carne asada.
by Mind Hunter the Profiler February 25, 2023
Get the I think we can rule out a… mug.A rule made to keep people (ladies) from stealing your cowboy hat. If you wear a cowboy'hat, you have to ride the cowboy!
Well seeing as how you don't made off with my hat, your truck or mine in accordance with the cowboy hat rule.
Excuse me pretty lady, I assume since you're wearing my hat, you're ready to obey the cowboy hat rule!
Excuse me pretty lady, I assume since you're wearing my hat, you're ready to obey the cowboy hat rule!
by Elk_newbie July 8, 2017
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coined by dan savage, in relationships with a large age disparity, at the end of the relationship, the elder partner should leave the younger in "better shape than they found them". This includes no diseases, no fertilized eggs, no undue emotional trauma, and whatever education that can be provided.
i wish that my older boyfriend would have observed the campsite rule with me, now i have a broken heart and a monthly prescription for valtrex.
by busyscissors June 10, 2011
Get the Campsite rule mug.phenomenon where those who have invested time or money in something are far more likely to want to defend their investment as being worthwhile
"I spent the entire night re-typing an essay that I deleted by mistake"
"You know you can just restore it from the recycle bin?"
"Uh...yeah, but, I really learnt a lot doing it all over again"
"Cokefest rule!"
"That Red Hot Chili Peppers concert was amazing. All the songs they played were great. The $200 I spent on that ticket was totally worth it"
"Cokefest rule!"
"I'm really enjoying the new SimCity"
"Cokefest rule!"
"You know you can just restore it from the recycle bin?"
"Uh...yeah, but, I really learnt a lot doing it all over again"
"Cokefest rule!"
"That Red Hot Chili Peppers concert was amazing. All the songs they played were great. The $200 I spent on that ticket was totally worth it"
"Cokefest rule!"
"I'm really enjoying the new SimCity"
"Cokefest rule!"
by remnant_cokefest March 18, 2013
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The Standard Creepiness Rule is an equation that determines the youngest possible age of a potential date that is deemed to be socially acceptable and not creepy. It was mentioned in comic 314 of the web-comic XKCD. According to XKCD, the rule is as follows:
"Your age" (in years)÷2+7=Minimum socially acceptable age of your date
Be sure to follow PEMDAS.
Also remember that the rule is not set in stone and that it is superseded by legal restrictions and the presence of a consensual agreement.
The Standard Creepiness Rule is an equation that determines the youngest possible age of a potential date that is deemed to be socially acceptable and not creepy. It was mentioned in comic 314 of the web-comic XKCD. According to XKCD, the rule is as follows:
"Your age" (in years)÷2+7=Minimum socially acceptable age of your date
Be sure to follow PEMDAS.
Also remember that the rule is not set in stone and that it is superseded by legal restrictions and the presence of a consensual agreement.
Brad: "Hey, do you think it would be O.k. for me to go out with Rachel?"
Ryan: "Well you're 32 and she's 24, and since 32 divided by 2 plus 7 is 23, the Standard Creepiness Rule says you can date her."
Brad: "Ha-ha! I just have to remember that even though it's called a 'rule' its more like a 'guideline'."
Ryan: "Well you're 32 and she's 24, and since 32 divided by 2 plus 7 is 23, the Standard Creepiness Rule says you can date her."
Brad: "Ha-ha! I just have to remember that even though it's called a 'rule' its more like a 'guideline'."
by languagefan July 9, 2011
Get the Standard Creepiness Rule mug.slang for car, this type of slang comes from elements of the supreme alphabet which is used alot by members of wu tang, and brothers within the nation of gods and earths.
ghostface says on the song ice cream ''turns me on like vine's cee allah rule''
basically he talking about a female on the joint and how she turns him on like vine's (short for devine who is rza's older brother) cee allah rule (car)
basically he talking about a female on the joint and how she turns him on like vine's (short for devine who is rza's older brother) cee allah rule (car)
by Big U Dawg February 17, 2010
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