It’s not something I take very seriously but there happens to be a lot of palmistry (hand-reading) literature relating to clubbed thumb on the internet.
If I get the chance to see a Palmist/fortune-teller I might show them out of amusement. I have found both Western and Hindu links. One such example comes from the Laws of Scientific hand-reading (not actually scientific). According to the palmists ‘clubbed thumb’ means that you have a short temper and get very angry. Amusing:
Occasionally a thumb is found with the will phalanx is thick and rounded … [and] is found on the hands of healthy persons. Owing to its peculiar club-like formation is had been called the clubbed thumb, and owing to the thickness, courseness and brutal obstinacy shown, has been designated the murderer’s thumb. This clubbed thumb shows terrific obstinacy … They are dangerous companions however not to be trifled with.
Is this true for you?
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ps…
More pictures of our thumbs! This website on Photobucket courtesy of JT:
http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/clubbedthumbs/?start=20
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pps… Going to close the naming Poll this week – it’s a close race between ‘clubbed’ and ‘stub’. So if you haven’t voted yet…!
World of Clubbed Thumbs 
March 24, 2008 at 10:01 pm |
omg.. good work, man
September 20, 2008 at 9:11 pm |
mine is a clubbed thumb..and I’m short temper..you are right
October 29, 2008 at 8:47 pm |
I’ve got stubby thumbs, but not a very short temper, though I suppose I am rather obstinate.
February 22, 2009 at 4:23 am |
I have toe thumbs… That’s what I call them… I googled them and got words such as ugly and freaky but there’s nothing wrong with them! They’re unique!
June 3, 2009 at 12:13 pm |
My left thumb is clubbed… and yeah I get fired up pretty easily about things, although I do not ever say mean things to people, no matter HOW angry I get or even whether they maybe deserve it. There’s never an excuse for being cruel (in my opinion anyway). I pretty much only get angry about issues or people in general anyway though, not individuals.
It’s actually kind of surreal looking at those photos haha, I’ve never seen anyone with a thumb(s) like mine in person before.
December 17, 2009 at 4:04 am |
I’ve clubbed thumbs and a very short temper, but like Candace said, there’s never an excuse for being cruel. I can think of many times I’ve wanted to say rude things to people, but have not.
February 10, 2010 at 7:48 pm |
My middle daughter has clubbed thumbs. I don’t think she even realizes it yet and probably could care less. Her background is Portuguese (25%), German (25%) – paternal; Japanese (12.5%) and Mexican (37.5%) – maternal. There are no clubbed thumbs that I know of on my side of the family, leading me to believe that this is from her father’s side of the family (I believe another female cousin has clubbed thumbs as well). This would fall into the belief that this is a European recessive gene. They certainly are different and not that common. I was a manicurist for a number of years, saw A LOT of hands and had maybe one or two clients among hundreds that had clubbed thumbs. Very interesting. And, yes, both were caucasian (visually speaking, as I did not inquire about their background).
February 24, 2010 at 7:47 am |
I have BDD (left thumb). My grand father on my mother’s side had BDD as well, but none of my siblings did. I have Spanish ancestry. I really appreciate the variety of comments that have been posted. BTW, I think Megan Fox is beautiful!
April 28, 2010 at 12:29 pm |
me, dad and grandad have clubbed thumbs. Only ones in the family, we are all short tempered. Me especially I get agressive and angry quite quickly, I feel sorry for my boyfriend lol
November 30, 2010 at 6:05 am |
I have a left clubbed thumb and yes, I have a very short temper and anger very badly.
February 6, 2011 at 8:19 pm |
i am short tempered yet very much in control.
i can be extriemly stubbern (in my own special way) and i have a tendancy to addiction.
November 12, 2011 at 4:39 am |
Wow, such a horrible stereotype. That’s so mean! D’:
(It even kind of sounds…. almost as bad as racism -_-; )
I don’t have short temper most of the time, in fact I think I’m often a bit too ‘lax ^^ . However, I do put a lot of energy into my work (sometimes exhausting myself too early), and, like many people, there are certain things that will rub me the wrong way.
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It seems too complicated and very broad for me. I’m looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!
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November 24, 2012 at 11:04 pm |
I call them toe thumbs wen people ask my i see it as a aposable toe
November 26, 2012 at 7:43 pm |
Mine is on my Left hand! No one in my family has them (Maybe im adopted ) My dad calls it my toe thumb! I hate it and always try to hide it!
November 19, 2014 at 1:40 pm |
I have a little thumb on the left and a temper to go with it LOL
Always wondered why my thumb was different but I’ve come to love my toe thumb. I like to tell people I lost a thumb and they put a child’s big toe on in replacement… Everybody always believes me!
September 16, 2016 at 5:26 am |
Clubed/murder`s thumb, i have.ONLY MY COLLEGUE told me he was afraid of me because of this NOTED nothing perticular.