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bastard rule

Used to settle a shotgun dispute, called by the driver. Challenging parties then fight, winner takes shotgun, loser gets the back seat.
Passenger 1: Shotgun!
Passenger 2: Bullshit I called it!
Passenger 1: Fuck off!
Driver: BASTARD RULE!!!
by Robbo351 December 6, 2006
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Jumanji Rules

(Taken from the 1995 Robin Williams film "Jumanji", based off a 1981 short story by Chris Van Allsburg.)

Originates from a scene in the movie where Robin Williams' character rolls a pair of dice, one of which falls off of the board. Even though the die is not on the board, it still lands flat and counts as a legitimate roll, ending the game. As long as the dice was not acted on by an outside force (other than the original roll) and it is clear which side is facing up, the roll counts. Often put into effect when playing on a small table, where the dice is likely to roll off.
Although the dice rolled off of the table, we were playing with Jumanji Rules so it still counted.
by zoidberg1339 October 27, 2011
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Rule 1328

If a place exists, you can drink beer in it!
Time for rule 1328!
by northern-southern March 11, 2018
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RULE #1

remember RULE #1
Oh yea here
thanks
by ...SOMEONE_A May 20, 2020
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CAD Rule

The scientifically-proven fact that all (or most) Ctrl+Alt+Del strips are improved by removing the second and third panels. It's customary to also remove the dialogue from the fourth panel, but in rare cases it can be left in.

This works because your typical four-panel CAD strip follows a basic formula:
-Panel 1: The setup. Note how instead of spreading it across the first three panels, he crams the entire thing into this first panel.
-Panel 2: Buckley excitedly blurts out the punchline (assuming he didn't already do so in Panel 1), and spends an inordinate amount of time explaining it. Commonly referred to as "Buckleybox A".
Panel 3: Completely redundant panel that exists only because Buckley refuses to abandon three four-panel format. Full of stifling walls of text that either drag along the joke from the first two panels, or are full of "plot" that nobody cares about. Commonly referred to as "Buckleybox B".
Panel 4: Buckley continues dragging along the joke until he finally kills it. More notably, however, there is usually some sort of a visual gag here, and it's typically better than the actual punchline.

As we can see from that, the biggest problem with CAD is the pacing, as by the time the reader get to the visual gag - the funny part - he or she has had to sit through the two Buckleyboxes and the Panel 4 dialogue, which completely destroys any comedic timing. As such, removing the offending panels results in a significantly improved comic.
The CAD Rule actually makes the comic readable.
by TheRedSnifit May 8, 2015
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Midas Rule

Whoever touches something first and cares the most gets to decide what to do with it.

Use the Midas Rule to encourage others to go ahead and work on what they want, or when someone's being lazy.
"Can I work on this project?" or "It'd be great if someone fixed this bug."
"Yes, by Midas Rule, feel free to work on that."

"Mom, I'm hungry."
"Yes, son. You're 16, by Midas Rule I'm sure you can find something to eat."
by Nivlong July 27, 2013
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Rule of Four

A rule that Texas Hold'em players use stating that on the flop, a player's chances of making a hand are approximately 4% times the number of cards in the deck (outs) that would make the hand.
I have J-10 and the flop is Q-9-5, giving me an open-ended straight draw. With four eights and four kings in the deck that can make my hand, the Rule of Four states that my chances of getting the straight are 32%.
by HeavyD2 December 9, 2008
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