Your favorite "Not quite all there" expression

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Your favorite "Not quite all there" expression

photon

1:28 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

A few from another thread here:

A few bricks shy of a load

A few cans short of a six pack

Not in the thread but classics:

His elevator doesn't go all the way to the top

The lights are on but nobody's home

And my personal favorite:

Half a bubble off plumb

ronin

1:37 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

A few sandwiches short of a picnic.

A few WMDs short of being a Clear and Present Danger.

Oh no, what have I said now...

trillianjedi

1:46 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

One more brain-cell and he could be considered dangerous.

Two bob short of a pound.

A few crumbs short of a biscuit.

23 less the carton.

A few french fries short of a happy meal.

I think the bricks one is "shy of a hod" not a "load"... ;-)

ska_demon

2:21 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

techie nerdy one: Working with an unformatted disk.
Ska

graywolf

2:30 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

not the sharpest knife in the drawer

there's a village somewhere that looking for it's idiot

this one definitely doesn't go to eleven!

Mr_Brutal

3:03 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

teabag - takes a little while to filter through

(some internet quote about army personnel reviews)
hes got the six-pack - but hes lacking the little plastic thing that holds it all together

trillianjedi

3:30 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

there's a village somewhere thats looking for it's idiot

I love that!

hooloovoo22

4:48 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

the wheel is spinning, but the hamster is dead

Essex_boy

4:58 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Out of his tree.
Not the sharpest tool in the pack
got a screw loose
Lights are on but no ones home

lgn1

5:00 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

She's not firing on all cylinders.

One of my favorite sayings when dealing with such people:

"Have you ever considered donating your brain to science as a neutrino collector".

You will need a physics background to get that one, which is good, as the idiot will think its a complement.

krieves

6:41 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

- There's a small piece of brain lodged in his head.
- As smart as a box of rocks.
- As dense as a brick.

... and my favorite from the Shawshank Redemption:

Andy - How can you be so obtuse?
Norton - What? What did you call me?
Andy - Obtuse! Is it deliberate?

Macguru

6:57 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

- He has military intelligence.

pmac

7:05 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Thick as a post.

Not the brightest crayon in the box.

Neo541

7:05 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

He's a 75 watt bulb in a 100 watt world.

photon

8:10 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Forgot to close the <duh> tag

Thanks orangetwist

vkaryl

9:37 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

Lost his last screw round the previous bend.
If he had a brain, he'd take it out and play with it.

Some of the ones I learned from my dad aren't postable in polite company here, sorry!

[Edit - typo.... SHEESH!]

[edited by: vkaryl at 10:27 pm (utc) on Oct. 14, 2004]

bakedjake

9:38 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

The brits have one that cracks me up everytime I hear it:

"He's lost the plot"

edit_g

11:09 pm on Oct 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

I've been using this one to describe beckham recently:

'a couple of lads short of a kickabout'

MatthewHSE

1:13 am on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

For a kind of techie saying, "This guy is a <body> with no <head> to go with it." (That, or "He closed his <head> before he'd opened it.")

One my violin teacher was fond of saying was "Just a kitty-whisker off."

And last but not least, you could say someone was "not playing with all their marbles."

But I prefer to say positive things about people . . . ;)

Woz

1:48 am on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

A few Aussie ones for you:-

a few Kangaroos loose in the top paddock

came down in the last shower

if he picked his nose his head would cave in

drives uphill with the clutch slipping

few stubbies short of a six pack
(stubbie = small bottle of beer)

his lift doesn't go all the way to the top

couldn't get a job as a speed hump

three pots shot of a shout
(pot = medium glass or beer, shout = buy a round of drinks)

wouldn't know if he was Arthur or Martha

Onya
Woz

Macguru

7:03 am on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

>>if he picked his nose his head would cave in

Heheh, that is gross, even I can picture that. :)

sem4u

12:18 pm on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

Got into the gene pool while the lifeguard wasn't watching.

A room temperature IQ.

A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on.

Bright as Alaska in December.

Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.

He's so dense, light bends around him.

LadyTi

1:51 pm on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

lights on, nobody's home

a few cards short of a full deck

Leosghost

2:35 pm on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

a half penny shy of a shilling..

a coconut shy..

any more brains ..he'd be a halfwit..

like a runway..it all flies straight over his head..

( I have the same problem as Vkaryl..I'm sorting out the clean ones ..later )

mincklerstraat

2:38 pm on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

dumb as a bucket of hair ...
(this one from Homer - not the one that drank lethe, the one that drinks Duff).

hannamyluv

3:02 pm on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

Delta... He loves to fly and it shows.

vkaryl

3:39 pm on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

I don't know which is more amazing: that we all know so many different ones, or that there are so many of them to begin with!

That's almost scary in a way....

macrost

3:52 pm on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

hes got the six-pack - but hes lacking the little plastic thing that holds it all together

ROFLMAO I have to use this one!

Go2

5:12 pm on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

I have a favorite which really pisses my girl friend off when used on the right occasion. It is an anti version to a "not quite all there" expression:

There is no off position on the genius switch

(David Letterman)

Odatpup

8:54 pm on Oct 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

A taco short of a combo plate.

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