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Rule of thumb for wetted surface area
"Anonymous" wrote Does anyone know the rule of thumb........ Somebody told me how that rule of thumb saying got started. They said back in old England men were allowed to beat their wives with a stick but it couldn't be any bigger around then their thumbs. Isn't that awful? :-((( Cheers, Ellen |
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Rule of thumb for wetted surface area
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message reenews.net... "Anonymous" wrote Does anyone know the rule of thumb........ Somebody told me how that rule of thumb saying got started. They said back in old England men were allowed to beat their wives with a stick but it couldn't be any bigger around then their thumbs. Isn't that awful? :-((( Cheers, Ellen Come on Ellen, you saw that in 'boondock saints', the reply to which was 'maybe it should have been rule of wrist' and im not sure if it was a true story or not :P Shaun |
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Rule of thumb for wetted surface area
"Shaun Van Poecke" wrote Come on Ellen, you saw that in 'boondock saints', the reply to which was 'maybe it should have been rule of wrist' and im not sure if it was a true story or not :P Never heard of it.... But, here's a google search find: http://tafkac.org/language/etymology/rule_of_thumb.html Judge Thumb... http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rul1.htm Cheers, Ellen |
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