Is it just me, or is anyone else irrationally annoyed with the phrase 'Rule of six'

[LockdownLump]

Yes I understand. No more than 6 people meeting. And I will adhere to it etc., but the phrase 'Rule of six' pisses me off. Its so annoying. I can imagine people quoting it in tel life and me wanting to punch them.

Lighthearted - before I get piled on.

I mean, the 'rule of six' does work better than the 'regulation of the half dozen' but it still sounds like something out of a book on witchcraft

[quote TriciaMcMillan]@GetUpAgain that is GENIUS and you clearly have inside knowledge. I shall get the t shirts printed immediately to be ahead of the curve on it. [/quote]
I'm sure people will pay extra for these t shirts if you put 'And don't ignore your back door' on the reverse

@ItsAllGoingToBeFine

Everyone I hear it I think of " The Sign of Four" (Sherlock Holmes novel)

Similar here. When I read Rule of Six, I think of the Rainbow Six.

Slogans and soundbites are very irritating. I still cringe at the word Brexit.

To me it sounds like something you would hear on Dr Who. Some council of alien on some distant plant called Rule of 6.

@ItsAllGoingToBeFine
This is what comes to my mind also!
It definately sounds like a sinister film title

Yes, its because I'm childish and think of the Joy of Sex. I also sniggered at the Eat Out thing obvs

😂 Could not, not say, 'eat me out to help me out'.

Too many slogans since lock down.

@GetUpAgain

OMG!!

I can never get passed ‘practice social distancing’. I don’t know when I missed the meeting that social distancing was to be practised but can’t stand it. I mean just why.... it conjures images of a director type standing about going ‘ok let’s just try that once more, but this time I want to see if you can handle it without the two metre markers on the floor... practice makes perfect folks’

Yes, Johnson does like his slogans; bloody idiot.

Still waiting for the 'world beating' testing system he promised us.

Ooh ooh me, I am irrationally annoyed too. But I do like Wipe your knob .

If I never hear the word “exponentially” again it will be too soon, for some reason the use of this word written or spoken makes my hackles rise....Probably because it’s usually used in a patronising manner by some know it all explaining what will happen if we sit on a bench eating crisps or something.

My DH has also been saying it's like Sherlock Holmes while I think Moonshot sounds like a bad James Bond film. Who is the evil tycoon though?

Yes! Very annoying!

I started a thread about what else the catch phrase sounds like - I though a sci fi/ fantasy adventure novel.

Maybe the next campaign will be about cleaning door handles and they will call it Wipe Your Knob

Love it.

'Don't be a slob, wipe your knob'

It always makes me think of that odd Doctor Who episode with the black cubes that appeared everywhere overnight. Power of Three?

Either that, or the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon thing.

We've had two overseas holidays cancelled. We're now spending a few days in this country, but today had an email that suggests all the joy of the holiday will be sucked away.

"Everyone I hear it I think of " The Sign of Four" (Sherlock Holmes novel)"

It reminds me of that old nursery rhyme:

Multiplication is vexatation,
Division is as bad.
The rule of three perplexes me
And practice drives me mad!

^Multiplication is vexatation,
Division is as bad.
The rule of three perplexes me
And practice drives me mad!^

Blimey Tanith I've not heard that for years! Our y3 teacher taught it to us.

(It does also work well for all the Covid19/LockdownLite rules, restrictions & sound bites )

It reminds me of the slightly cultish catchphrases used in the game show Deal or No Deal, "banker's power 5" etc.

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It's super-nippy. And also it's actually ripping off the rule of three, which is a rule in writing that things are more satisfying in threes - three acts, three characters, three obstacles. And I just gave three examples instinctively because threes are good!!! Down with sixes!!!

It feels a bit Lord of the Rings to me