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I think we can rule out a…

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.

create a rule 

A function in Microsoft Outlook where you can create a rule to move an incoming email into a folder to be read later thereby reducing the amount of urgent email that you have to read on a daily basis.
I got so tired of receiving unwanted emails from Microsoft so I decided to create a rule to automatically move their emails to a folder so that I could read them later if I even cared to.
create a rule by Pablo Brown March 25, 2007

Rule 1701-A 

Don't Mess with ANY Captain of the USS Enterprise, particularly Capt. James Tiberius Kirk. doing so is an INSTANT and immediate death sentence
Person 1: Kirk didn't know what he was doing in Command of the Enterprise, he even destroyed it, TWICE!

Person 2:*takes a gun out, shooting person 1 fatally* Rule 1701-A jerkwad, you do NOT mess with Kirk
Rule 1701-A by Blades4119 May 14, 2010

Rule 32-a-e 

A controversial NFL rule that is famous for costing the Baltimore Ravens the an important game vs their rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
ROFL, You got Rule 32-a-e'd!
Rule 32-a-e by Michael Dynmanic December 20, 2008

A-S-A rule 

A rule for daily living: "There's (A)lways (S)ome (A)sshole..."
Alice: We got all the pages set up on the wiki, but somebody from procurement logged in and replaced them all with penis images.

Betty: A-S-A rule.
A-S-A rule by DoileyLama February 19, 2023

Is That A Douchebag Rule? 

When somebody is intentionally doing something against the rules when its not "technically in the rulebook"
The thirdbaseman was kicking dirt as the batter was at the plate when Fred yelled out "Is that a douchebag rule? I know its not a regular rule, but is that a douchebag rule??? I just wanna know, seems like a douchebag rule to me..."