I just found this out and I just heard Gloria Styman use it.
2006-06-10 17:29:30 · 6 answers · asked by mark evans 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Carpenters used to use the width of their thumb as a measurement of one inch. That is where the phrase came from.
2006-06-10 17:32:52 · answer #1 · answered by slap_shot69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might have something to do with the rul of thumb regarding the flow of current we learned about in Physics class
2006-06-10 17:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by umangu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that it had to do with using a cane/stick that couldn't be larger than the man's thumb in circumfrance to use on his wife as wrong as this sounds!
2006-06-10 17:35:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One theory is that a man could beat his wife with a stick, but it could not be any rounder than his thumb.
2006-06-10 17:33:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slap shot 69 is precisely right. Give 10 pts.
2006-06-10 17:35:33 · answer #5 · answered by UCSteve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thumbs up, or thumbs down, I am very familiar with it.
2006-06-10 17:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by Iron Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋