rule of thumb

one of the most commonly misconstrued sayings, an example used in boondock saints “a man is allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.” a claim made by a satirical caricaturist by the name of james gillray against a judge. the first and original use of the saying is as simple as the words. the thumb was used as a readily available tool of measuring. such as the tailor’s rule of thumb “the circ-mference of the thumb twice, is the circ-mference of the wrist, twice the circ-mference of the wrist is the circ-mference of the neck, and then twice the circ-mference of the neck is the waist’s circ-mference.” then there is the brewer’s rule of thumb where if the temperature of the wort wasn’t insufferable by the thumb it was cool enough to pitch the yeast. it has now been used as a term of commonplace knowledge in a field.
“the rule of thumb in making a sale is confidence, without confidence you don’t make a sale”
during coitus, if you’re ready to move from the pink to the stink, but you’re not sure if she’s into it, you can always gently mash your strongest thumb into her b-tthole, as if to say, “what do you think?” if she smiles or goes with it, trade your thumb for your c-ck indiana jones style.
short round: dr. jones, is that your thumb!
dr jones: no… not anymore according to the rule of thumb.
the rule that basically a lot of modern women will allow a man to sneak a finger up their -ss during s-x, but will draw the line at full -n-l s-x. the rule of thumb states that a thumb, being thicker than the average finger, inserted into a female’s -ss consensually will ultimately then mean that the consenting female will allow said male to insert his p-n-s into her -ss.
davy and stuart were together last night, do you know what happened? no, but apparently she failed the rule of thumb.

davy said he’s meeting stuart tonight and won’t try anything until he’s found out whether stuart p-sses the rule of thumb.
whatever the captain says goes.
for however long he is the captain it will be known as the rule of thumb
the captain said we all need to work harder, and whatever the captain says goes. that’s the rule of thumb
commonly used term orginating in the early 1900s, when it was legal for men to beat their wives, as long as they used a stick no wider than their thumb.
rule of thumb? can’t do too much damage with that thing, can we? perhaps it should have been the rule of wrist. – the boondock saints
this is the highest acceptable level to wear your pants. place your hand sideways across your lower stomach with the top of your thumb even with the bottom of your belly b-tton. the top of your pants should be lower than the bottom of your hand.
look at that guy he needs to loosen that braided belt and use the rule of thumb.
a rule from the old days, in which a man could beat a woman with something no bigger than his thumb. it is now used in common language, and most people don’t even realise the origin.
according to rule of thumb, you must be this tall…

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