"...Prehaps it should have been Rule of Wrist?"

Alright... enough already! Yes I have not posted in a while; some would say I am lazy... This goes out to all my fellow Saint fans.

In the past few weeks I have heard or read 'rule of thumb' several times and it just made me giggle inside thinking of the scene in Boondock Saints. In the movie, the phrase was said to have originated from when a man could be his wife with a stick no bigger than his thumb. Settle down PC fruitcakes, this is not the origin. And watch the movie for the reason I giggle. In all seriousness, I decided to do a little research on the term of my endearment.

Definition ‘A useful principle having wide application but not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable in every situation.’ The origin is also listed here.

Quotes ‘People are basically honest. And they're even more honest when you watch them.’ - Alan C. "Ace" Greenberg
‘Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys’ - P.J. O'Rourke

Every Rule of Thumb in one place a fun and interesting website, example: On fence posts in open country, red-tailed hawks space themselves every 1.5 miles.

Well there is more out there on the www than I needed to see; I could go on and on about what you find when researching the web and how much time is wasted going to site that only resemble what your looking for. I did stumble across this one gem I have to post here:
From http://www.5ives.com/

Five Rules of Thumb
1. The stupider your ringtone, the longer it will take you to answer your phone.
2. The twin miracles of childbirth and pet ownership render you unable to share one photo of anything.
3. If your vanity license plate makes any reference to the make of your vehicle, the people you work with despise you.
4. Ph.D.s who ask to be called “Doctor” should be prepared to refer to every college graduate as “Bachelor.”
5. If you own more than one Enya record you might as well buy all of them and make a little fort.

I seem to have lost focus on the post, but if you have not seen the Boondock Saints, check it out.

In nomine Patri, Et Fili, Spiritus Sancti.