>John,
>
>>This, like the rule of thumb origin (that you could beat your wife with a rod, so long as it was no more thicker than your thumb) - is yet another urban myth that folks assume to be true...but in reality - is not.
>>
>I have wondered from time to time where that came from. Thanks.
I think you're missing the point:
http://www.debunker.com/texts/ruleofthumb.html
Regards. Al
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