# 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:** 5
**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, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/81 "2008-07-17T19:59:32Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] He’s a grand short of a list of fulldeckisms. [/QUOTE] Oh, see, now - you’re just bad. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/82 "2008-07-17T20:06:17Z")
Add my brain to his brain and you get my brain minus an ounce. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/83 "2008-07-17T20:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] If brains were gasoline, his wouldn’t be enough to make a piss ant’s go-kart go around the inside of a Cheerio. [/QUOTE] Reminds me of one my stepdad was wont to say: “So dumb he’d pay a dime to see a piss ant eat a bale of hay.” And I’d always think, “Well, it’s just a dime…” Actually, I think piss ants are just intrinsically funny. If I wasn’t a dung beetle, I’d be a piss ant. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/84 "2008-07-17T20:28:27Z")
I’d insult her to her face, but then I’d have to explain it three days later. When he wants intellectual stimulation, he watches NASCAR. I hear he’s been working on his first book for the last ten years. Next time, he plans to read a shorter one. She’s just a little too slow for the short bus. Ignore him – his wheels just aren’t turning right since the hamster died. When God was passing out brains, he was out looking at dirty pictures in the cellar. [QUOTE=Malacandra] Couldn’t get a clue if he rubbed himself all over with clue musk and did the clue mating call naked in a field of horny clues in clue breeding season. [/QUOTE] The phrase “LOL” is mightily overused these days, and it’s very rare that something on a message board can actually, physically, really make me laugh out loud. But you did it. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/85 "2008-07-17T20:48:57Z")
From my SO: **He’s about as smart as a soup sandwich** ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/86 "2008-07-17T21:11:18Z")
**He’s about as smart as a screen door on a submarine** ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/87 "2008-07-17T21:26:11Z")
Two sandwiches short of a picnic. Not the full shilling. Not the sharpest needle in the pack. Not the brightest button in the box. And these two, usually used to refer to people who are simply deeply incompetent, rather than actually lacking in mental capacity: Couldn’t organize a piss-up in a brewery. Couldn’t organize a gang-bang in a whorehouse/ convent. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/88 "2008-07-17T21:43:42Z")
Smart as a bag/box of hair. S/he’s a real braintrust, eh? Though generally I take a leaf from Hank Hill: That kid ain’t right. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/89 "2008-07-17T21:47:09Z")
In Mensa circles, there used to be lots of remarks about a fictitious group called “Densa,” which is supposedly the folks who score in the lowest 2% on IQ tests. Of course, in real life this would not be funny, but that doesn’t seem to keep a lid on the jokes. I confess to having laughed at some of the “Densa” humor. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/90 "2008-07-17T21:53:25Z")
A few bricks shy… (I leave ‘of a load’ implied, most of the time.) Not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Replaced the Ace of Spades with a Joker. Not sharp enough to cut butter. Rolled a 3 on INT. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/91 "2008-07-17T22:03:14Z")
“Oh, he’s a nice guy, but…” (Stage whisper) “Otnay ootay ightbray, if you catch my meaning.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/92 "2008-07-18T00:05:39Z")
Not all the dogs are barking on that unit. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/93 "2008-07-18T00:30:57Z")
From Shakespeare’s _Troilus & Cressida_: “Idol of idiot worshippers” and “Fusty nut with no kernel”. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/94 "2008-07-18T00:59:03Z")
His alligator doesn’t go all the way to the top. (Cajun version?) Head like a bag full of doorknobs. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/95 "2008-07-18T01:03:00Z")
He wore a helmet, but wasn’t on a team. A few fries short of a fry. About as bright as a 50-watt speaker. Not the sharpest spoon in the drawer. S^G ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/96 "2008-07-18T01:12:17Z")
Dumber’n dubbya ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/97 "2008-07-18T01:13:01Z")
For simple nostalgia, my favorite will always be, _Not hittin’ on all eight_ [the first time I heard “not hitting on all six” was the first time I felt old] Favorite variations on previous entries: _Strong as an ox. Almost as smart._ [Thanks, Dave] _Dumber 'n stone_ [That’s one of mine; I find it pleasantly understated] My personal standard _Brain optional with that model?_ But the all time winner for indicating, “what, are you stupid?” (or perhaps “what are you - stupid?”) was my late mother’s sigh. A gross of high school guidance counsellors, with a chemistry teacher tossed in for seasoning, wouldn’t make you feel as bad. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/98 "2008-07-18T01:26:05Z")
He’s got a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/99 "2008-07-18T01:38:24Z")
So stupid he made baby Jesus cry… ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/100 "2008-07-18T02:56:26Z")
My all time favorite: Stupid as a fried popsicle. Dense as a dumpster fulla engine blocks. Crazy as a soup sandwich. (Did I already see that one? Don’t mind me, cannot brain today, I have teh dumb…) :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817.md?page=6)