# Somebody missing a few marbles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222 "2021-01-11T03:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/21 "2021-01-11T18:46:43Z")
A British expression that’s evocative: thick as a brick ---
**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:** [January 11, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/22 "2021-01-11T18:52:25Z")
Half a bubble off plumb. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/23 "2021-01-11T21:38:44Z")
(Showing my age?) from the Carol Burnett Show: He’s got splinters in the windmill of his mind. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/24 "2021-01-11T21:55:55Z")
Riding the short bus. ---
**Author:** ![cytop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@cytop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cytop)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/25 "2021-01-11T22:08:24Z")
Irish expression - … a Gobshite Sounds ugly, is ugly, but apt. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/26 "2021-01-11T23:34:07Z")
The bells are ringing, the lights are flashing - but the train ain’t coming. He’s got the brains of the head on a glass of beer. Got a few 'roos loose in the top paddock. (_Australian)_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/27 "2021-01-12T18:18:28Z")
His cheese done slid off his cracker. (I think that actually might be from “The Carol Burnett Show” too. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/28 "2021-01-12T19:21:22Z")
one i use is …not the sharpest lightbulb ever to have been short of a picnic. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/29 "2021-01-12T19:47:51Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > A British expression that’s evocative: thick as a brick Another favorite via an old schoolfriend: Thicker than six pints of pig-snot. Couldn’t find his arse with a map, a compass, and a hardback edition of “Arse-finding for dummies” An aussie one: Couldn’t organise a piss-up at a brewery. Madder than a cut snake ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/30 "2021-01-12T20:29:39Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > His cheese done slid off his cracker. (I think that actually might be from “The Carol Burnett Show” too. 🙂 ) Do you think Frank Darabont stole that from Carol Burnett for **The Green Mile**? It’s said about Percy after Coffey scrambles his brains. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/31 "2021-01-12T20:58:52Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > An aussie one: Couldn’t organise a piss-up at a brewery. I always thought that was british ! Possibly the most common uk expression is “as thick as 2 short planks” (Don’t know why “short”, as that implies _apparent_ thickness (to me)) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/32 "2021-01-12T21:02:36Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > I always thought that was british ! We can share! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/33 "2021-01-12T21:15:17Z")
Takes an hour and a half to watch **60 Minutes**. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/34 "2021-01-12T21:16:47Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > He has a room temperature IQ. This is a lot more insulting in places that use the Celsius scale. [/quote] I always liked it, coming from a Celsius universe. What I did not get until explained was when my Scottish former girlfriend said to me “Act your age and not your shoesize”, because my Continental shoe size is 44 or 45, while in the UK it would be 10.5 (which I did not know). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/35 "2021-01-13T15:58:36Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > > [@gkster](#): > > > > A British expression that’s evocative: thick as a brick > > Another favorite via an old schoolfriend: Thicker than six pints of pig-snot. > > Couldn’t find his arse with a map, a compass, and a hardback edition of “Arse-finding for dummies” > > An aussie one: Couldn’t organise a piss-up at a brewery. > > Madder than a cut snake I’ve always been partial to “Doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/36 "2021-01-15T01:56:39Z")
Dumb as a bag of cheese. Two stands off bottom but drilling ahead. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/37 "2021-01-15T18:04:35Z")
Two of my favorites: Couldn’t find his way out of a paper bag with a map, a flashlight, and a guide. He’s the slime that slime scrapes off its shoes. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/38 "2021-01-15T18:10:38Z")
Hah! I forgot about the British word thick. This thread reminds me of that line in Black Adder: “Thick as a whale omelette.” ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/39 "2021-01-15T18:25:45Z")
Couldn’t find water if he fell out of a canoe. If it was raining pussies, he’d get hit in the head by a giant dildo (from my navy days). If brains were dynamite, he couldn’t blow his nose. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222/40 "2021-01-15T19:00:09Z")
Both oars in the water, but missing a boat. Two ears, one floss. When coming across a fork in the road, she looks for the spoon. Almost drowned in the shower. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-missing-a-few-marbles/930222.md?page=3)