There's only one rule:

• there are no rules (if you're stretching your imagination) —David Goss, The Science of Living Better Forever

• step on a crack , break your mother's back (if you're playing a sidewalk game)

• have the teapot in front of you at all times (if you're crocheting tea cosies) —Loani Prior, Really Wild Tea Cosies

• no deep-fried foods (if you're throwing a party and watching your cholesterol) —Mary Mihaly, The Complete Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol

• there's no being tired (if you're touring Paris) —Penelope Rowlands, Paris Was Ours

• say "Thank you" (if you're receiving a compliment) —Thriving in the Workplace All-in-One For Dummies

• the teddy bear stays in the house (if you're a dog in training) —Heavenly Humor for the Dog Lover's Soul

• never, ever let a boy touch you there unless he's your husband —Gillian Flynn, Dark Places

• wear whatever is most comfortable (if you're hiking with a dog) —Dan Nelson, Best Hikes with Dogs Western Washington

• never miss paying your round (if you're drinking with friends) —Jack Kahane, Memoirs of a Booklegger

• there must be at least one [item] on the list that is impossible (if you're setting goals) —David Taylor, The Naked Millionaire

• anything goes, as long as you keep at least two tires on the pavement (if you're driving an automobile) —Glenn Beck, The Overton Window

• conquer at any price (if you're on the battlefield) —Luis M. Rocha, The Holy Bullet

• yes means yes and no means no (in the sexual marketplace) —Glenn T. Stanton, Secure Daughters, Confident Sons

• never get involved with a student (if you're a good teacher) —Hank Brooks, The Inlet

• if you represent the wife, get as much as possible; if you represent the husband, give away as little as possible (in divorce settlement) —Howard K. Irving, Children Come First

• form, structure and content should not be separate (in synaesthetic cinema) —Simon Rycroft, Swinging City

• don't eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil (if you're in the Garden of Eden)

• you need one equation for every unknown (in algebra) —Norman S. Pratt, Pearls for the Moment

• don't hit the ducks (in a joke about a golf course in heaven) —Stephen Motway, Jokes, Quotes, and Other Assorted Things

• the fewer attachments and aversions you have to the goal, the quicker it will manifest (if you're a non-dualistic self-inquirer) —Aleksander Kupisz, Holistic Creation and Focus Zone Chi Gong

• no touching of the net (if you're a volley ball player) —Joseph A Bulko, Wall of Illusion, Book 3

• you clean up after yourself down there (if you're in the kitchen) —Jennifer Taylor Wojcik, From Day One

• learn to listen (if you're training to be a good communicator) —John Mason, Believe You Can