Rules of Thumb

The three simple rules Valves' art staff used for creating the box art of the game Left4Dead.

The Rules of Thumb are:

1) There should be a hand in it somehow

2) The hand should have a thumb bitten off, so customers would look at the four fingers remaining on the hand and think, "Hey, four."

3) Under no circumstances would they use Photoshop. L4D is a visceral experience, and its box art deserved the same approach.

by hunterVSsmoker July 27, 2009

New Rule of Thumb

The new rule of thumb is the publicly sanctioned male violence against women that do not comply with the current ideology. The Biden administration has exacerbated this by claiming attacks on certain groups.

Swimmer Riley Gaines just got assaulted by a male for speaking up about women’s rights. This day and age, the new rule of thumb allows males to beat women for speaking.

by Le11223344 April 7, 2023

New Rule of Thumb

The new rule of thumb is the publicly sanctioned male violence against women that do not comply with the current ideology. The Biden administration has exacerbated this by claiming attacks on certain groups.

Swimmer Riley Gaines just got assaulted by a male for speaking up about women’s rights. This day and age, the new rule of thumb allows women to be savagely beaten by males for speaking up.

by anonymous April 7, 2023

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 circumference of the thumb twice, is the circumference of the wrist, twice the circumference of the wrist is the circumference of the neck, and then twice the circumference of the neck is the waist's circumference." 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"

by atleastvisitwikipediaorreadadamnbook February 21, 2008

Falcar's Rule of Thumb

This is the Rule of Thumb invented on the VN Guineve DAOC message board.

Falcar's Rule States: You may date any age person ranging between 18 to Minus 5 years your Mother/Fathers age.

Bob: I like this chick, should I date her? She is a bit older than me. I mean, like in Cougar territory.

John: Well.. Falcar's Rule of Thumb man..

Bob: She is 6 years younger than my Mom, and I am 22.

John: You are Golden man.. Tag it.

by VN Person December 4, 2009

Rule of Thumb

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 butthole, as if to say, "What do you think?" If she smiles or goes with it, trade your thumb for your cock Indiana Jones style.

SHORT ROUND: Dr. Jones, is that your thumb!
DR JONES: No... not anymore according to the rule of thumb.

by Strangling Jack April 30, 2010

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

by YousaywhyIsaywhynot October 23, 2006