Rule 55

British Railways Rule 55 is a rule which persisted in the 19th and 20th century. It says that if a locomotive stops on a mainline, it MUST let the signalman be aware of the presence of the train, to prevent serious accidents. This rule is known to be broken in the Thomas & Friends episode "Henry's Forest", which was criticized by Awdry himself for not following the rule.

Rev. W. Awdry: "Henry's driver didn't obey Rule 55, which means that the driver should've warned the signaller! That's unrealistic!"

by anonymous September 6, 2023

Rule #237

The social rule that one cannot claim to have a question to ask and then not ask the question.

Me: hey, you have nice abs, can i ask you a question?? Wait never mind....

Kevin: you have to ask. It’s an unspoken rule of social law. Part of our social contract. No saying something and then taking it back before even saying it... rule #237

by Pidgepidge September 1, 2020

road rules

kick ass show that puts a bunch of people in a winneabago and make them do stuff they'd never do in real life

Road Rules south pacific was crazy!

by stephanie Neubeck July 28, 2003

The finger rule

The rule is a game, were you have to make an OK sign with your hands below the waist; If someone sees it then you can do one punch to them. If the person who sees it puts their finger in the hand and gets it out without being caught, they get to punch you 5 times.

billy used the finger rule on his friend, but his friend quickly put his finger inside. Billy got punched five times.

by ULTIMATERIZUUMANN January 22, 2018

DesPlaines Rules

A different set of rules used in beer pong that allows the players to do whatever they want, and make up new rules as they go along.

Kevin: “buddy, you can’t throw a lob and dunk the ball in beer pong”.
Alex: “DesPlaines rules”.

by RaiderNation10000 October 11, 2022

rule 43C

if anything or anyone exists, no matter if real or fictional, there will be a goanimate version or a grounded video out of it.

inspired from "43 chars"

I'm gonna make a grounded video out of my teacher, because Rule 43C. I hate him anyway.

by PorcupineCanadian June 10, 2018

Rule 33

Fear no one even the biggest beast

-I’m scared of him bro

-but what about rule 33

by The big boy April 6, 2023