"Dumb" expressions

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Crazydog

Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 12:03 pm Click here to edit this post
Just posted about Lenny and now I am trying to recall all of the snappy expressions I used to know to allude to someone's lack of intelligence. Here's what I'm starting with:

The lights are on, but nobody's home.
The lights are flashing and the gates are down, but the train ain't coming.
The elevator doesn't go up to the top floor.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
A few cards shy of a full deck.
A few bricks shy of a load.

More, anyone?

Quietstorm4

Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 01:13 pm Click here to edit this post
A sandwich short of a picnic.

Corriecat

Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 03:59 pm Click here to edit this post
A few fries short of a Happy Meal.

The host on Weakest Link is always coming up with new ones.

Sunshinemiss

Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 04:23 pm Click here to edit this post
There is a great thread under General discussions with tons of these, I posted my favorite-

"if dumb was dirt he could cover an acre"

Neko

Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 04:28 pm Click here to edit this post
A few clowns short of a circus

Murpol

Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 04:30 pm Click here to edit this post
Not the brightest crayon in the box

Sunshinemiss

Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 05:13 pm Click here to edit this post
A few beers short of a six-pack

Kitty

Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 09:20 pm Click here to edit this post
There's a kangaroo loose in the upper paddock!

Notango

Thursday, October 25, 2001 - 09:23 pm Click here to edit this post
Two tacos short of a combo plate!

Micknrc

Monday, October 29, 2001 - 09:01 am Click here to edit this post
Whose village is missing their idiot?

(thanks, Weakest Link's A.Robinson)

Ophiliasgrandma

Monday, October 29, 2001 - 09:23 am Click here to edit this post
Mick: In Vancouver, Wa there is a club for collectors of minature houses called the
VILLAGE IDIOTS. I've always thought that was such a clever name.

Micknrc

Monday, October 29, 2001 - 11:27 am Click here to edit this post
O-G,

I've always thought "village idiot" was a funny turn of phrase b/c my irish grandda used to tell of a "VI" back in his hometown in Ireland, but not in a mean way-- funny, warm and accepting of all the different characters it takes to make up this crazy world...

Tntitanfan

Monday, October 29, 2001 - 07:34 pm Click here to edit this post
Not the brightest bulb on the tree!

Ophiliasgrandma

Wednesday, November 07, 2001 - 09:37 am Click here to edit this post
I read this one somewhere the other day and I don't think it's been listed yet.

He's a couple of bubbles off plumb.

Guinevere

Wednesday, November 07, 2001 - 12:10 pm Click here to edit this post
An expression Molly Ivins once used, I believe to describe a Texas politician (not I don't think, the prez, alas): "If he were any dumber, you'd have to start watering him twice a week".