>"Ehhm." Flynn cleared his throught. >He had been silent during most of the briefing. Some of them even looked >surprised he was there!

>"All four women wore a wedding gown, and the ring-finger was cut-off. >But... Why the thumb? To my knowledge the thumb doesn't have anything to do >with marriage."

>There was silence for a moment. >"I could be way off, of course." Flynn shrugged.

"Perhaps it's not marriage then," Sandra wondered out loud. "What are thumbs used for? Hitchhiking is one; the Romans used them to judge people; in some cultures, it is even used as an obscenity, much like the middle finger is for us. But how can they be related?"

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