Dumber than a box of rocks

Pete Zicato • Mar 7, 2011 9:47 pm
Jim's story here had me looking for phrases meaning "not too bright". Most of the ones I ran across I hear in my head with a country drawl.

So how many phrases can we come up with?

I'll start -

He's a few bricks shy of a load.
ZenGum • Mar 7, 2011 10:25 pm
Slower than a wet weekend.

Two snags short of a barbie.

One beer short of a six pack.
monster • Mar 7, 2011 10:38 pm
sandwich short of a picnic

Not the sharpest tool in the shed

The lights are on but nobody's home
monster • Mar 7, 2011 10:47 pm
Not firing on all cylinders
Clodfobble • Mar 7, 2011 11:29 pm
A few french fries short of a happy meal
footfootfoot • Mar 8, 2011 12:11 am
thick as two short planks
dumb as a bag of hammers
elevator doesn't go to the top floor/penthouse
monster • Mar 8, 2011 12:16 am
time to coin some:

A Dolphin short of a Meme

Enjoys an alternate thought process

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oh wait, I remembered (a not very nice) one I heard over here... Rides the Short Bus.

Mouth-breather.
monster • Mar 8, 2011 12:16 am
Thick as pigshit.
monster • Mar 8, 2011 12:18 am
Forrest Gump
GunMaster357 • Mar 8, 2011 3:47 am
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer
GunMaster357 • Mar 8, 2011 3:51 am
I heard this one from a French Canadian :

Not a 100 Watts lightbulb
Shawnee123 • Mar 8, 2011 8:16 am
One taco short of a combination plate

Sharp as a marble

(I remember the first time I heard "not the sharpest tool in the shed" from my ex's funny and smart cousin referring to a friend of a younger smart but doofy cousin. I laughed my arse off.)

Coined:

His WiFi doesn't quite reach his modem
Spexxvet • Mar 8, 2011 8:46 am
sharp as a bowling ball (Foghorn Leghorn)

An intellect rivalled only by garden tools.

As smart as bait

If he had 2 brains, 1 would be lonely
Shawnee123 • Mar 8, 2011 8:49 am
Spexxvet;715562 wrote:
sharp as a bowling ball (Foghorn Leghorn)



That boy's got a mind like a steel trap. Rusty, that is.

--Mr Leghorn
DanaC • Mar 8, 2011 9:33 am
One spanner short of a toolkit.


and an oldie but still in regular currency (so to speak...):

Not a full shilling.
Shawnee123 • Mar 8, 2011 9:33 am
In college we said "as smart as roadkill."
plthijinx • Mar 8, 2011 9:57 am
monster;715532 wrote:
.... Rides the Short Bus.


there was a long one?
busterb • Mar 8, 2011 12:50 pm
If IQ was 2 points higher, they'd be a carrot
Undertoad • Mar 8, 2011 1:12 pm
A bubble off plumb
footfootfoot • Mar 8, 2011 1:14 pm
He's only got two synapses, connected by a spirochete and he's just been put on penicillin.
Clodfobble • Mar 8, 2011 2:34 pm
monster wrote:
oh wait, I remembered (a not very nice) one I heard over here... Rides the Short Bus.


We said this one a lot as kids. Back when my dad was still insisting there was nothing wrong with Minifob, I laughed and informed him, "Dad, in the mornings he literally rides the short bus to school."

[size=1]Except then later in the year, too many kids had joined the program and they had to switch them to a long bus. So now he's fine! :)[/size]
Glinda • Mar 8, 2011 2:39 pm
Hanging out where the buses don't run

Has one wheel in the gutter

The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead

Lights are on but nobody's home

Smart as bait

His brother was an only child

His cord doesn’t quite reach the outlet

His cheese done slipped off his cracker
footfootfoot • Mar 8, 2011 2:41 pm
Glinda;715655 wrote:

His brother was an only child


lmao
monster • Mar 8, 2011 2:45 pm
Clodfobble;715652 wrote:
[size=1]Except then later in the year, too many kids had joined the program and they had to switch them to a long bus. So now he's fine! :)[/size]


awesome! :lol:
jimhelm • Mar 8, 2011 2:57 pm
dumb as a bag of hair
monster • Mar 8, 2011 3:01 pm
Has Delusions of Adequacy
Nirvana • Mar 8, 2011 3:05 pm
Has an IQ the same as her dress size...
monster • Mar 8, 2011 3:06 pm
So dense light bends around him
Room Temperature IQ
Some drink from the fountain of knowledge, he only gargled
Strong like bear, smart like tractor
plthijinx • Mar 8, 2011 7:36 pm
the average IQ in the tdcj is 85. sooooo, i had coined the phrase while on hiatus - eeeeeiiiiiiiiggggghhhhhttttttyyyyyyyyy-fiiiiiiiiive. and just shake my head most times. other times i would just look on in a blank stare wondering how someone could be so dumb.
monster • Mar 8, 2011 11:20 pm
ya know, I was thinking room temps in celcius....
plthijinx • Mar 8, 2011 11:23 pm
monster;715741 wrote:
ya know, I was thinking room temps in celcius....


ya know...i can be rather dumb sometimes....i'm smart, but stupid at the same time! :D
ZenGum • Mar 9, 2011 6:43 am
Cookie generator wins again!

"That boy's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver."
- Foghorn Leghorn

monster • Mar 9, 2011 7:41 am
plthijinx;715742 wrote:
ya know...i can be rather dumb sometimes....i'm smart, but stupid at the same time! :D


but never as low as room temperature..... ;) I was just pointing out that I never thought about fahrenheight. because I'm a dick.
footfootfoot • Mar 9, 2011 11:20 am
plthijinx;715742 wrote:
ya know...i can be rather dumb sometimes....i'm smart, but stupid at the same time! :D


monster;715765 wrote:
but never as low as room temperature..... ;) I was just pointing out that I never thought about fahrenheight. because I'm a dick.


No, you're both wrong I'm the dummest dick.
monster • Mar 9, 2011 12:28 pm
dummer than a dick in a blonde factory?
busterb • Mar 9, 2011 1:31 pm
bread wasn't done
Crimson Ghost • Mar 10, 2011 2:19 am
IQ of 2, but it takes 3 to grunt.

Sharp as a bag of wet leather.

Smart like bull, strong like chicken.

About two chromosomes short of a chimp.

Not exactly Mr. Wizard.

AC body, DC brain.

You look in his eyes, you can see the inside of his skull.

Body by Play-do, brain by Mattel.

The priest left him under too long at his christening.

A mind like a steel sieve.
monster • Mar 10, 2011 9:47 am
When God was handing out brains, he was last in line

Running on empty
monster • Mar 10, 2011 9:49 am
coining a retro one: his 45s play at 33
footfootfoot • Mar 10, 2011 1:04 pm
his 78s play at 45
his victrola has a blunt needle
his cuneiforms are blurry
his story teller has a sore throat
His big bang was just a whimper

retro winning!
monster • Mar 10, 2011 1:16 pm
His movies are all on Betamax
His rotary dial needs oiling
Perry Winkle • Mar 10, 2011 1:32 pm
He's a nibble short of a full byte.
Gravdigr • Mar 10, 2011 2:35 pm
Duller than a bag of wet mice.
~F. Leghorn
Gravdigr • Mar 10, 2011 2:39 pm
Duller than a froe.

Thick as a brick. ~J. Tull

Dumber than shit.
plthijinx • Mar 10, 2011 2:53 pm
he's like yesterday's coffee -- a little weak in the bean
infinite monkey • Mar 17, 2011 8:21 am
Read this in Reader's Digest last night:

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.
--James Thurber (the barber) ;)
BigV • Mar 22, 2011 12:52 am
He's so dumb...
(how dumb is he?)

He's so dumb, he couldn't pour piss out of a boot if there were directions on the toe saying "tip up".
smoothmoniker • Mar 22, 2011 1:47 am
He's so dumb, he couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the directions were printed on the heel.
plthijinx • Mar 22, 2011 9:37 pm
footfootfoot;715784 wrote:
No, you're both wrong I'm the dummest dick.


wait a minute! a 3 foot dick?!?!?!?! :eek:
BigV • Mar 22, 2011 10:29 pm
smoothmoniker;717904 wrote:
He's so dumb, he couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the directions were printed on the heel.


u r teh lol.

hahahahahaha
monster • Mar 22, 2011 11:01 pm
Thicker than an apostrophe in Molasse's
footfootfoot • Mar 23, 2011 12:22 am
monster;718069 wrote:
Thicker than an apostrophe in Molasse's


I vote you go to bed now.
monster • Mar 23, 2011 12:24 am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh
monster • Mar 23, 2011 12:25 am
(it was good, wasn't it?)????????????