Comments on: Stranger Than Fiction: Rule Of Thumb

By: darkoutcast666

darkoutcast666 — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:20:23 +0000

Not so much. All references to the archaic law are made by judges and such who spoke about the barbarism of such a law. However, there is not one case of such a law being present in England. It is best guessed that the “rule of thumb” was a measurement, not a wife-beating guideline and that any mention of beating implements was simply a political maneuver.

By: mandieville666

mandieville666 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:13:57 +0000

i did know that indeed. so much for my ruler.

By: Faust

Faust — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:11:12 +0000

“Can’t do much damage with that then can we, perhaps it should have been the rule of wrist” Boondock Saints rule

By: kau

kau — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:11:59 +0000

weird…. killer fingers are very painful auhauhUHAUHAUHa

By: Moz

Moz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:26:47 +0000

@Karen Many archaic units of measurement were roughly determined by things such as thumbs, forearms, feet, etc. simply because they were always on hand…

By: Emery

Emery — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:34:02 +0000

I learned that from Boondock Saints, too. Favorite movie!

By: Me

Me — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:17:31 +0000

Yes, I have seen Boondock Saints

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:03:33 +0000

Yes, and did you know that “a frog in you’re throat” isnt from the sound people make when they are sick, Its a medieval medical practice in which people with a sore throat would put a live from in their mouth and it was beleived when the frog inhaled it would suck the infection out of you…

By: Ville Ojala

Ville Ojala — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:26:26 +0000

I’ve known this, it’s in a book also.

By: Lydia Sirena

Lydia Sirena — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:41:16 +0000

Known that for a while.

And it might not make the best weapon for killing someone, but something that slender sure as shit hurts! Ask your parents if your grandparents ever made them go pick their own switch off a tree.