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    Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    What are some of the phrases you've used to refer to those who are not the brightest?

    I'll start with the obvious:
    Not the sharpest tool in the shed.

    Here are a couple of my favorite:
    Not the crispiest chip in the bag.
    A few fries short of a Happy Meal.
    The elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor.
    The gates are down and the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.

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    Yo mamma forgot to take pre-natel vitamins?

    Yo mamma was sitting in the hot tub too long
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    Not the brightest bulb in the chandelier

    Not playing with a full deck
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    Your 2+2=3

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    5 outta 4 village idiots have problems with division.
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    The cheese has slid off the cracker.
    I'm an average car nut.

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    His antenna doesn't pull in too many stations
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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    A few sandwiches short of a picnic.

    A few pickles short of a sandwich.

    A few sandwiches short of a pickle.

    Got a hole in his marble bag.
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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    Someone needs to hit that person with a big clue stick.
    Someone pee'd in their gene pool.
    That person will soon be a victim of natural selection.
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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

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

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    The wheel's turning, but the hamster's dead
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    Love it. Keep it coming.
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    Not the brightest crayon in the box.

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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    Takes an hour and a half to watch "60 Minutes"

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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    We have a few variations on the theme here down under such as:

    Couple-a-beers short of a 6 pack.
    A few snags (sausages) short of a barbie (BBQ).
    A couple-a-roos short in the top paddock.

    And so on......

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    If brains were gasoline, he wouldn't have enough to ride a mosquito's motorcycle around the inside of a Cheerio.

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    If brains were dynamite, he couldn't blow his nose.
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    Darwin taking out the garbage yet again.
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    oooooh I got one! I got one!

    She's a bracket short of an 02 conversion.
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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    Quote Originally Posted by TURBO2GO View Post
    oooooh I got one! I got one!

    She's a bracket short of an 02 conversion.
    I like this one. Very original.
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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    Missing some buttons on his remote control.
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    You can't fix stupid
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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    Euphemisms for Workplace Incompetence - Part One...

    He's two raisins short of a fruitcake.

    Having him show up is like having 2 good men call in sick!

    A Forest Killer - Somebody's who's able to produce paper, but no answers.

    He must have donated his brain to science before he was done using it.

    Not only is he not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he is the spoon in the knife drawer.

    Her staircase doesnt go all the way to the top floor.

    She has two speeds...slow and stop!

    Did he have an extra cup of stupid this morning?

    If you gave him a penny for his thoughts, you’d get change.

    Results of a performance review: "I thought this guy's performance had reached rock bottom, but then he started to dig."

    The wheel's spinning but the hamster's dead.

    I've heard of people having an inferiority complex, but in your case it isn't a complex.

    Not only does his elevator not go to the top, but the cable's broken.

    A "file cabinet wearing a dress" is the way one of our members described one particularly "unbusy" woman.

    And in an Information Systems department, one of our members had a term they used for clueless users with silly complaints. They'd call them:

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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    Dude fell out of the Idiot Tree and hit every branch on the way down...

    or

    She fell out of the Ugly Tree and snapped evey branch on the way down...
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    Re: Other ways to say "Not the Brightest"

    This being a car forum:

    "Not firing on all cylinders"

    or

    "Only firing on 2 of his 6 cylinders"

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