# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/141 "2008-07-22T09:59:06Z")
I’ve always liked this one: “He lost a few tiles on re-entry.” A bit less humorous since the _Columbia_ disaster, unfortunately. Here’s one I came up with on my own: “He went out to lunch and stayed for Happy Hour.” Feel free to spread this one around. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/142 "2008-07-22T14:43:17Z")
Somebody shot him with their phaser set to “stupid”. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/143 "2008-07-22T15:22:55Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] 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. [/QUOTE] –HIJACK– One of the most popular events at Mensa gatherings is “Dumb things smart people do,” at which people stand up and tell how they’ve outwitted themselves by overthinking problems and thereby maiming, destroying, and otherwise contraindicating their IQ. My personal favorite is the Mensa lady who went to a picnic and took a six-pack of soda. It didn’t all get consumed, and in fact got quite muddy at the picnic site. Instead of rinsing the cans off in the kitchen sink like most of us would have done before replacing them in the refrigerator, she thought she’d take the easy way – the Mensa way – and put them in the dishwasher. Easy! Smart! So she sat down in the other room to read some nuclear physics, and BANG! a can exploded. She rushed back into the kitchen. Dare she open the dishwasher? No! Another might blow! And it did! Bang! She turned off the switch, but had no option but to wait until the whole thing cooled down before she could retrieve the cans. At least they were clean. This one made me laugh myself sick. \*I know what you’re thinking, punk. Did I load four cans of root beer, or only three? \* She wasn’t the sharpest spork at the picnic. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/144 "2008-07-22T16:45:25Z")
Weird Al’s “Genius in France” has a few good ones. A sampling: Got too much chlorine in my gene pool A few buttons missing on my remote control I couldn’t pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel I’m not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree The room temperature’s higher than my IQ I’m not even welcome at the Star Trek convention ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/145 "2008-07-22T19:36:03Z")
[QUOTE=Queen of Town] …I’m not even welcome at the Star Trek convention [/QUOTE] Hey, now! The Trekker stereotype is that they’re social misfits/losers/nerds, not that they’re dumb. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/146 "2008-07-22T21:10:00Z")
[QUOTE=indian] "He is a tube light " is popular in India. [/QUOTE] I just thought I’d say that reading a post about what is popular in India, from a user named **indian** , with a location in Mumbai, India (on a board where so many omit their location or plug it in with a joke), tickled me in pretty much the same way as when I found out that a man named Wolfgang Wolf was the coach of a football club in Wolfburg, Germany (for a while, anyway). ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/147 "2008-07-22T23:37:34Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] E’s got a brain like a Steel Sieve. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I like that one. ---
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/148 "2008-07-23T00:43:22Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] You could also add: “He couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery” or “He couldn’t find a Chinese restaurant in Shanghai” for someone who is spectacularly clueless or disorganised… [/QUOTE] Ah and the classic: “he couldn’t organise a root in a brothel with $100 in his hand” ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/149 "2008-07-23T02:32:00Z")
His IQ doesn’t quite reach room temperature. She’s two jurors short of a verdict. When God gave out brains, he was polite enough to hold the door for everybody. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/150 "2008-07-23T04:15:47Z")
[QUOTE=DellieM] Ah and the classic: “he couldn’t organise a root in a brothel with $100 in his hand” [/QUOTE] What does it mean to “organise a root”? ---
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/151 "2008-07-23T04:25:41Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] What does it mean to “organise a root”? [/QUOTE] root is an Aussie-ism for fuck, sex, intercourse etc. Therefore, for one to have $100 in his hand whilst standing in a house of ill repute and still being unable to organise paid intercourse means … "_well, you’re really fucking hopeless!"_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/152 "2008-07-23T04:28:33Z")
Ah, I see. Thanks. In the U.S., “root” (depending upon context) usually either means to cheer for a sports team, to dig around to find something, or (less common) slang for the penis. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-way-to-say-he-shes-kinda-slow-or-not-all-there/456817/153 "2008-07-23T08:17:52Z")
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