The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
... I have two... may I use both? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />
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If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
Not true... or better, part true. It doesn't happen over night. You prolly won't live long enough to see it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> And if you have a boy and girl goldfish together, their offspring will be partly white... If you live long enough to see it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />