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Beat Your Wife Legally, huh?

“Rule of Thumb” did the expression really come from an old English law where you could legally beat your wife?

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  1. dash says: 13
    July 30, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    Sorry Marina, but a thumb itself was the linear unit, and it was not the lower phalanx (kootje), but the upper (bovenste) phalanx.
    Are you letting your students down :sad: Or is it an intelligence test for your pupils :smile: ?

    [Duim] (lengtemaat)
    Duim, oude Nederlandse lengtemaat die ongeveer gelijk is aan de breedte van het bovenste kootje van de duim van een volwassen man. Een duim heeft afhankelijk van de streek een andere lengte.Amsterdamse duim is 2,57393636 cm (11 Amsterdamse duim is 1 Amsterdamse voet)Franse duim is 2,7 cmGelderse of Nijmeegse duim is 2,7 cmHondsbosse en Rijpse duim is 2,4 cmRijnlandse duim is 2,61 cmBij de invoering van het Nederlands metriek stelsel in 1820 werd de duim gelijk gesteld aan een centimeter, echter in 1870 werd de duim afgeschaft.

    http://www.babylon.com/definition/duim_(lengtemaat)/Dutch

  2. leonard says: 12
    January 15, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    Rated all the measurements possible……I would never think to beat a wife. I would eat a beet. A card sent in the mail and do you still need a date? :???: :smile: :wink: I bet you think I’m crazy or what? … you are the best

    • leonard says: 12.1
      November 3, 2009 at 5:51 am

      [CcAaRrdD] :???: ["Don't let the milk come to a boil !"]…an inch of rule…who’s your wife that you want to use the ruler on ? :lol:

      I’m still waiting for the card

      … :roll: I’m just [exercising my mOrAl plights]… :smile: …good job to your prinCible or parts of princibal

      whats with your spelling :twisted:

      …hope your move is a going [WeLL] :lol: mush with the room(oral) :cool:

  3. stokesjrj1 says: 11
    August 14, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Mountain Lions native of the americas

  4. tedt says: 10
    July 11, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Democracy is nice….. :wink:

    Btw, I was a bad student !!! :lol:

  6. javajeff says: 8
    January 25, 2008 at 10:52 am

    So how many of you measured your “Lower” pollex, digitus primus, digitus? Mine is 1 1/2. Fun web site. I only beat my wife when she asks me to.

  8. therist says: 6
    January 24, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Hey candy, wanna see Macedonia? Pick me up for Valentine! :cool:

  10. highvoltedge says: 4
    January 23, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    hell darlin i dont have a date for valentines either, matter of fact i havent had one in awhile lol great site mariana

  11. bigboy88 says: 3
    January 23, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    :cool: I think that’s a dumb rule if I had a wife I would not beat cuzz I love&charish her

  13. quepasakoolj18 says: 1
    January 23, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    Hey Marina, sweet video as always :) I’ll be your valentine if you want!

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