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?
“Rule of Thumb” did the expression really come from an old English law where you could legally beat your wife?
Sorry Marina, but a thumb itself was the linear unit, and it was not the lower phalanx (kootje), but the upper (bovenste) phalanx.
Or is it an intelligence test for your pupils
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Are you letting your students down
[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
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?
I bet you think I’m crazy or what? … you are the best
[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 ? 
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I’m just [exercising my mOrAl plights]…
…good job to your prinCible or parts of princibal
…hope your move is a going [WeLL]
mush with the room(oral)
Mountain Lions native of the americas
Democracy is nice…..
Btw, I was a bad student !!!
I could not follow you to the Maxim session
that’s one SUPERFINE poster Dear HotForWords Teacher
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.
Hey candy, wanna see Macedonia? Pick me up for Valentine!
Great Video!!!
hell darlin i dont have a date for valentines either, matter of fact i havent had one in awhile lol great site mariana
I Choo Choo Choose You
Hey Marina, sweet video as always
I’ll be your valentine if you want!