Mudcat Café message #2552440

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Thread #118066 Message #2552440
Posted By: Donuel
29-Jan-09 - 07:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: Origins and meanings of words and phrases
Subject: RE: BS: Origins and meanings of words and phrases

rule of thumb.

The rule was an unwritten law in America that one could legally beat their wife with any stick that was smaller than the diameter of the husbands thumb.

(heard this one from Ken Burns)