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Thumb Wrestling

One, two, three, four – I declare a thumb war

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Remo Giuffré
Apr 29, 2026
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The American writer Norman Mailer was said to be passionate about thumb wrestling. It was reportedly his favourite “sport”.

The objective of a “thumb war” is to “pin” the opponent’s thumb, sometimes to a count of three. San Francisco Chronicle book editor Oscar Villalon (himself something of a thum…

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