saint_monkey

i just thought this was interesting:

http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/ruleofthumb.html

a woman's abuse website debates whether or no "The rule of thumb" refers to English common law (a man can beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb) or carpentry (until the establishment of a common system of measure, carpenters reportedly used the length of digits to measure distances)