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Rufio wrote:Did you know that the phrase "rule of thumb" came from Victorian times when gentlemen were legally allowed to spank their wives with a wooden cane as chastisement? The rule was that the cane was to be no thicker than one's thumb.
Rufio wrote:Did you know that the phrase "rule of thumb" came from Victorian times when gentlemen were legally allowed to spank their wives with a wooden cane as chastisement? The rule was that the cane was to be no thicker than one's thumb.
kolm wrote:Are you sure, because Wikipedia disagrees with you, saying that the law in question specifically excluded beatings
IAIN wrote:i think you'll find it came from roman types and the old colloseum..the raising or down turning of the thumb...live or die...
rule of thumb...
let's play Call My Bluff!
IAIN wrote:i think you'll find it came from roman types and the old colloseum..the raising or down turning of the thumb...live or die...
rule of thumb...
let's play Call My Bluff!
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