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Title: Is my thumb a finger ?
Post by: neilep on 02/02/2007 16:38:47

Ok...I gather my thumb is a finger !!

but why is it ? amongst my twenty digits, that the thumb is rewarded with it's own nomenclature ?..ie: The Thumb !!

What about my big toe  ?..my big toes is called a big toe !!

Title: Is my thumb a finger ?
Post by: elegantlywasted on 02/02/2007 17:03:45

According to Ontario's Workplace Safety Act, the thumb is not a finger. I believe it says that losing a finger is not life threatning but losing a thumb equates to losing your hand. So if you need workers comp, you get more for a thumb

Title: Is my thumb a finger ?
Post by: neilep on 02/02/2007 18:04:43

Quote from: elegantlywasted on 02/02/2007 17:03:45

According to Ontario's Workplace Safety Act, the thumb is not a finger. I believe it says that losing a finger is not life threatning but losing a thumb equates to losing your hand. So if you need workers comp, you get more for a thumb

Thanks for this Meg....I will take this under due consideration next time I apply for a job in Ontario !  [;)]

Title: Is my thumb a finger ?
Post by: iko on 02/02/2007 22:58:01

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In italian:
Pollice = thumb   then we have: Indice, Medio, Anulare & Mignolo
Alluce  = big toe
...so that's not a problem!

(Merluzzo = Cod)

ikod

Title: Is my thumb a finger ?
Post by: tony6789 on 06/02/2007 18:26:38

" hi my name's Glen. Guess how many fingers i have? Eight, eight and two thumbs"..i love that movie..but according to "glen" thumbs arent..i guess it depends o who u ask

Title: Is my thumb a finger ?
Post by: neilep on 07/02/2007 19:07:04

Coool Robert..THANK YOU and thanks to everybody else too...

me is still confused but a big thumbs up to you all.



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Title: Is my thumb a finger ?
Post by: DrN on 07/02/2007 22:27:58

thumbs are jointed differently to fingers. i don't know big toes aren't though, they seem to have a similar joint structure, but don't move around as much. unles.... what about monkey feet? can't they hold things with their feet like we can with our hands? maybe its all evolutionary?

Title: Is my thumb a finger ?
Post by: ROBERT on 09/02/2007 15:19:55

Quote from: neilep on 07/02/2007 19:07:04

Coool Robert..THANK YOU and thanks to everybody else too...

me is still confused but a big thumbs up to you all.

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Big thumbs up for evolution...

(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi24.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc23%2FSUEDONIM%2Fadaptation.jpg&hash=857bc11c49f44fae2cfd87ad5e90092e)

This looping branch (in red) is clearly adaptation, not an "intelligent design".

Title: Is my thumb a finger ?
Post by: Xule on 01/06/2007 10:16:45

thumbs and fingers are all digits, but the thumb is the opposable[sp?] digit, ie. the 'odd one out', so naturally it gets singled out