"Half a bubble off plumb"- your favorite mental insult phraseology?

Prisoner_Number_Six

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:16 PM
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"Half a bubble off plumb"- your favorite mental insult phraseology?

I must be a brick shy of a load to start THIS one... :crazy:

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CottonBear

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:19 PM
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1. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer...n/t

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TheMightyFavog

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:20 PM
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2. To say that he is dumber than a sack of hammers...

Is an insult to hammers and the sacks that they come in.

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VelmaD

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:20 PM
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3. Not the brightest lightning bug...

Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 06:21 PM by VelmaD

in the swarm.

I made that one up myself a few years back. :)

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skygazer

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:21 PM
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4. One card shy of a full deck

Not firing on all four cylinders.

Not the brightest crayon in the box.

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CO Liberal

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:22 PM
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5. A Taco Shy of a Combination Plate

:-)

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MisterP

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:24 PM
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6. he's a Bush

I win! I win!
also, "Hard to believe he can dress himself in the morning, isn't it?"

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_TJ_

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:24 PM
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7. a few eggs short of a dozen

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Zenlitened

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:25 PM
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8. "Not the brightest bulb on the Jumbotron"

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Sanity Claws

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:27 PM
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9. That's a good one

The phrase I heard was "not the brightest bulb in the box." Yours is better.

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jackelope72

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:30 PM
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11. another variation, that I like to use

"Not the brightest bulb in the light parade"

or

"A few bulbs short of a light parade"

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opiate69

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:27 PM
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10. Not really a mental insult, but I love it anyway:

"I'd like to buy him for what he's worth, snd sell him for what he thinks he's worth"

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tyedyeto

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:31 PM
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12. Not the brightest color in the crayon box. n/t

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knitter4democracy

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:32 PM
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13. Teacher code: what an interesting student.

We always used the word "interesting" for really, really slow kids who for some reason weren't considered special needs (must've gotten 71 on the IQ test or something). Of course, we also used that for the PIA kids we wanted to throttle.

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libodem

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:34 PM
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14. dumber than a box of rocks

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boneygrey

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:50 PM
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15. Elevator doesn't go to the top floor.n/t

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Richard Steele

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:53 PM
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16. My fave is the old Foghorn Leghorn quote:

"That boy is about as SHARP as a bag of wet hair."

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boneygrey

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Fri Mar-25-05 07:13 PM
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19. LOL n/t

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Fri Mar-25-05 07:15 PM
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21. Foghorn Leghorn is the King of appropriate putdowns.

:yourock:

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Solly Mack

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Fri Mar-25-05 06:54 PM
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17. "He could bend light"

"Gonna have to start watering you soon"

"That remark was as smooth as your brain"

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Robb

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Fri Mar-25-05 07:05 PM
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18. He's not so much a has-been

...as a won't-be. :D

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Technowitch

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Fri Mar-25-05 07:13 PM
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20. "A few fries short of a Happy Meal"

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da_chimperor

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Fri Mar-25-05 07:17 PM
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22. The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.

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progressoid

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Fri Mar-25-05 07:22 PM
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23. Fell out of the stupid tree and hit all the branches on the way down

Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 07:28 PM by progressoid

Here's a couple others....

He/She couldn't pour water out of a boot if the directions were written on the heel.

If he/she had two brains he/she would be twice as stupid

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Fri Mar-25-05 07:25 PM
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24. LOL

I think you win. It'll be hard to top that one. :bounce:

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progressoid

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Fri Mar-25-05 07:31 PM
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25. Ya, But I can't ever remember it when I need it!

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Lisa

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Fri Mar-25-05 08:05 PM
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26. used by academics ...

His/her best work isn't original -- and what IS original isn't the best.

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hippywife

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Fri Mar-25-05 08:22 PM
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27. So stupid

he can't find his butt with both hands and a flashlight!

I wouldn't take him to a dog fight if he promised to win!

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Not_Giving_Up

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Fri Mar-25-05 08:23 PM
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28. A few sandwiches short of a picnic

I love that one...don't know why...but I do!

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FuzzySlippers

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Fri Mar-25-05 08:29 PM
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29. Not the brightest

porch light on the block.

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