ten second rule


a social rule which enables you to take back something you say if you found that it was stupid or regrettable within ten seconds of saying it.
greg: hey jimmy, do you want to go watch a movie?
jimmy: nah, sorry. i can’t. i have a date with your sister tonight.
greg: what?
jimmy: wait, ten second rule! i take that back!
variants include the three, five, or seven second rule, but rarely further than that.

refers to the ammount of time a person must be out of their seat before it becomes avaliable for others to steal
-person 1 gets out of seat-
person 2: ten second rule!
-person 2 collapses smugly into seat. person 1 may choose to comment upon the s-xual orientation of person 2’s mother at this time-
a rule often employed for those who seem to be over-exuberant or too comfortable in their surroundings. 10 seconds before you start speaking, stop.
shut up or i’ll be forced to implement the ten second rule!

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