Rule Forty-two

All persons over a mile high should not be in court. It is the oldest rule in the book.

At this moment the King, who had been for some time busily writing in his note-book, cackled out 'Silence!' and read out from his book, 'Rule Forty-two. ALL PERSONS MORE THAN A MILE HIGH TO LEAVE THE COURT.'

Everybody looked at Alice.

'I'M not a mile high,' said Alice.

'You are,' said the King.

'Nearly two miles high,' added the Queen.

'Well, I shan't go, at any rate,' said Alice: 'besides, that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.'

'It's the oldest rule in the book,' said the King.

by OrangeAipom January 14, 2010

The Golden Rule of The Gears

From Gears of War. The rule is to take cover or DIE.

The Golden Rule of The Gears
Marcus Fenix: Carmine! Take cover or your gonna--*Carmine is shot by a sniper rifle through the head.*

by xXSoulSaviorXx January 3, 2011

rule of the infected

be ready for the infected to rise

zombie apocolysps rule of the infected

by Vaance December 14, 2010

Rule of three cliché

A common thing that appears in video games.In order to get the next objective the player must destroy,kill,talk,conquer...etc. three things.

"Kill the Elite Three in order the pass the gate"

"Rule of three cliché strikes again"

by MrRedflick October 3, 2018

Rule of the thing

A fun idiom that means "a broadly accurate guide or principle, based on practice rather than theory." It is exactly like "Rule of Thumb" but without the added joke that it's meaning stems from domestic abuse.

The general rule of the thing is to add the ingredients when the water starts to boil

by Heylin September 14, 2019

rule of the colombiana

the rule of the colombiana; all colombiana 19 or over must take a cock in her ass once per week in order to maintain her perfect colombiana ass

she has a great ass because she always obeys the rule of the colombiana

by one time girl September 7, 2022

Rule of thumb

An approximate way of doing something based on presumptions rather than fact. Contrary to popular belief, the idea the law once allowed a husband to beat his wife as long as the device was no thicker than his thumb is false, as such assaults were outlawed for centuries in common law, although the ban wasn't generally codified in written law until the 1980s.

A driver kept going 5 mph over the speed limit, thinking the police had a rule of thumb that it was a waste of time to give out a ticket to anyone going anything lower than that.

by BlastFurnace February 27, 2025