# Favorite way to say "He/she's kinda slow or not all there"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817 "2008-07-17T12:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/21 "2008-07-17T14:24:38Z")
I am so glad I started this thread. This stuff is _ **gold** _, Jerry! ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/22 "2008-07-17T14:28:40Z")
I have been getting great milage combining many of the others: Not the sharpest beachball in the cookie jar. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/23 "2008-07-17T14:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] A Sister at the catholic school I attended said, matter of factly that “Bill will be making a living with his hands.” [/QUOTE] Give the Sister a high five. That rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/24 "2008-07-17T14:32:44Z")
Obtuse ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/25 "2008-07-17T15:10:22Z")
The one I use most is “Dumber’n a box of retarded hammers.” ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/26 "2008-07-17T15:11:23Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Give the Sister a high five. That rocks. [/QUOTE] You can imagine the expressions on the two or three students she told this to. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![GillianBoardman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GillianBoardman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GillianBoardman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/27 "2008-07-17T15:20:00Z")
Dumb as a box of rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/28 "2008-07-17T15:29:56Z")
Phelpsian ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/29 "2008-07-17T15:35:44Z")
He’s doing a heck of a job! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/30 "2008-07-17T15:56:38Z")
“Strong like bull, smart like tractor.” ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/31 "2008-07-17T16:07:27Z")
\*He… …doesn’t have both oars in the water. …is a few eggs short of a dozen. …is few french fries short of a Happy Meal. …is about as bright as a small appliance bulb.\* _If brains were dynamite, he/she wouldn’t have enough to blow his/her nose_ _The cheese has slid off his cracker._ ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/32 "2008-07-17T16:10:10Z")
He’s new. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/33 "2008-07-17T16:14:29Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] He’s new. [/QUOTE] I like that - it’s kinda like the official Southern phrase for “moron”: “Well bless your heart!” ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/34 "2008-07-17T16:17:09Z")
Foghorn Leghorn has at least three per episode: He’s so dumb he thinks a pig pen is something to write with. He’s about as sharp as a pound of wet leather. etc. He ain’t right Stupid like a football bat ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/35 "2008-07-17T16:19:21Z")
He’s a few bricks short of a full load. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/36 "2008-07-17T16:20:32Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] Foghorn Leghorn has at least three per episode: He’s so dumb he thinks a pig pen is something to write with. He’s about as sharp as a pound of wet leather. etc. He ain’t right Stupid like a football bat [/QUOTE] Oh! I have a Foghorn-ism from one of his cartoons: > [@](#): > > There’s sumthin’, I say there’s sumthin’ kinda “eeeewwww” about a boy that don’t know nuthin’ 'bout no baseball" Note that the “eeww” part must be said while screwing up your face into a silly expression - at least that’s how our Foul-Feathered Friend did it in the cartoon! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/37 "2008-07-17T16:20:55Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] - Not the sharpest tool in the shed [/QUOTE] I say “in the crib.” No one else does. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/38 "2008-07-17T16:29:12Z")
He’s a bit touched. (However, this is usually used for people with genuine intellectual disabilities.) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/39 "2008-07-17T16:37:01Z")
He’s as useful as a three-legged dog with its ass shaved. I have no idea what that’s supposed to mean, but I heard it from a co-worker wrt another co-worker, and it stuck. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/40 "2008-07-17T16:39:34Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] I like that - it’s kinda like the official Southern phrase for “moron”: “Well bless your heart!” [/QUOTE] or “Reeeeal nice fella” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817.md?page=3)