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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.
Related Words

This is why we can't have nice things 

No matter how nice of a thing you have, no matter how hard you may try, someone will always find a way to fuck it up.
Josh: Hey bro can I borrow your phone?
Me: I dunno man, I just bought this. I don't even have a case on it yet!
Josh: Chill dude, I ain't gonna break it. It'll just take a second..
Me: Okay...
Josh:*Immediately drops it on the ground, denting the corner*
Me: God damn it Josh, this is why we can't have nice things.

There's Nothing we Can do

When Napoleon Bonaparte was stranded on an island and his fellow men died, he was left almost entirely alone, and as the enemies closed in and he utters the word "There's Nothing we Can do".
"Yo there's a really hot girl I like bro"
"Damn dude, but she's got a bf"
"There's Nothing we Can do"
aka giving up.
The act of abandoning unwanted email addresses and online identities.
Have you ever considered that her failure to respond to your emails might relate to her webandoning that university address upon graduation?
webandon by ohthree11 August 22, 2010
During the week you're too busy working and being fabulous in general so you only have time for a weekend romance.
Jack and I are now three months into this wemance and I love it. Escaping out of town every weekend is awesome!
Wemance by Tinkerbell Hilton June 5, 2009

This is why we can't have nice things 

What a mother yells whenever something gets broke
*CRASH*
Kids (in sync of course): "I didn't do it!"
Mother: "THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!"