Re: Obese ****d American tourist terrorized a peaceful Swiss town

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:58:50 -0000, Michael Baldwin, Bruce
<mbb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Peter Hucker wrote:
>> In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat
his wife with a stick thicker than his thumb.  Hence we have the "rule of
thumb".
>
> Is that right?

Probably.

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