January 11, 2008

Saturday's Rule of Thumb from RulesofThumb.org

SHOOTING AT HELICOPTERS

North Vietnamese ground troops used their thumbs to determine whether they could reach enemy aircraft with hand-held weapons. If an airplane or helicopter was bigger than a thumb held at arm's length, they could bring it down with ground fire.
D. Tanner, Fort Wayne, Indiana

From Tom Parker's RulesofThumb.org Go there and contribute one of your own.
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