# Dumb as a...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-as-a/92157>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 8, 2001, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-as-a/92157 "2001-11-08T08:08:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![longjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-as-a/92157/61 "2001-11-14T10:01:24Z")

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A magnificent one I’ve just remembered, from Clive James describing an attractive but less than smart female

“ She didn’t have a lot upstairs but, my God, what a staircase!”

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**Author:** ![Sans\_Seraph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Sans\_Seraph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sans_Seraph)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-as-a/92157/62 "2005-07-11T04:57:51Z")

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He has the mental capacity of a soap dish.

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**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-as-a/92157/63 "2005-07-11T05:37:19Z")

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My ex’s mother used to be found of saying to him, often:

“If shoes were clues, you’d be barefoot.”

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-as-a/92157/64 "2005-07-11T05:39:33Z")

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> [@flodnak](#):
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> As dumb as a handle on a bowling ball.

I’ve seen a picture of one of those in a sports equipment catalog for children. (I’m guessing like PE supplies.) It apparently snaps back into the ball after release.

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**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-as-a/92157/65 "2005-07-11T05:44:27Z")

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…as a sack of wet mice.

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-as-a/92157/66 "2005-07-11T08:21:38Z")

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“Dumb as a sack of carrots”

“The cheese done slid off his cracker.”

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-as-a/92157/67 "2005-07-11T09:40:39Z")

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**Phosphor** , please do not revive old threads like this. Either start a new thread and, if you must, provide a [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=97795&page=2) to the thread you are continuing.

lockdown.

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