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295 lines
11 KiB
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THE LAST FULL-DECK LIST
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A bad spot on the disk.
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A bun short of a dozen.
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A couple of open splices.
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A couple of volts below threshold
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A couple of revisions behind.
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A cup and saucer short of a full place setting.
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A few beers short of a six-pack.
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He's got all six cans, but he's missing the little plastic thing that
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holds them together.
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A few beans short of a burrito
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A few bits shy of a word.
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A few bombs short of a cluster
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A few bricks shy of a load.
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Easier to count the bricks left than the bricks missing.
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A few clowns short of a circus.
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A few drops short of a piss.
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A few fries short of a Happy Meal.
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A few holes short of a whiffle ball.
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A few pages stuck together.
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A few peas short of a casserole.
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A few pickles short of a jar.
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A few planes short of an Air Force.
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A few tiles short of a successful re-entry.
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A few tokens short of a toaster.
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A few yards short of the hole.
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A fool's fool.
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A hole in his bag of marbles
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A kangaroo loose in the top paddock.
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A little light in his loafers.
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A loose chip on the microprocessor board.
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A modest little person, with much to be modest about. -- Churchill
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A notch off the timing mark.
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A photographic memory, but the lens cover is glued on.
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A sausage short of a barbecue.
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A short-circuit between the earphones.
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As bright as a burnt out light bulb.
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As fucked up as a football bat.
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A victim of retroactive birth control.
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A 10K brain attached to a 9600 baud mouth
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About as bright as a small appliance bulb.
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About as bright as a black hole.
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About as sharp as a bowling ball.
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About as sharp as a pin head.
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About as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
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About as sharp as jello.
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About four cents short of a nickel.
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All booster - no payload.
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All crown - no filling.
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All his eggs in the same basket.
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All the lights don't shine in his marquis.
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All the sex appeal of a wet paper bag.
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Always in the right place, but at the wrong time.
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Always sharpening his sleeping skills.
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A Macintosh user
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An 8080 in a 68000 environment.
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An expert on the historical significance of cottage cheese.
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A return with no gosub.
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As brilliant as a nightlight.
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As flakey as a snowstorm.
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As thick as two short planks.
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As sharp as a marble.
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Attic's a little dusty.
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Back burners not operating.
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Bats in the belfry.
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Been napping in front of the ion shield again.
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Been playing in the pharmacy section again.
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Been playing with his wand too much.
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Been short on oxygen one time too many.
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Been using his head as a mass driver.
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Blew his O-rings.
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Blew the hatch before the lock sealed.
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Body by Fisher - brains by Mattel.
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Born a day late, and like that ever since.
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Born ugly and losing ground ever since.
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Bright as a tulip bulb.
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Bright as Tuktoyaktuk in December
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Bubbles in his think tank.
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Buffer is full.
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Caboose seems to be pulling the engine.
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Calling him stupid is an insult to stupid people.
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Carries a tire gauge in her purse.
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Car's only got three wheels, and one's going flat.
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Chimney's clogged.
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Clock doesn't have all its numbers.
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Comes from a long line of first cousins
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Constipation of the brain and diarrhea of the mouth.
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Contributes to the population problem.
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Couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel.
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CPU not connected to the bus.
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"Cuca fundida" (pron. 'cooka funjida'; means 'melted brain'; Brazil)
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Cursor's flashing, but there's no response.
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Diagnosable.
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Does mental aerobics.
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Doesn't have all his cups in the cupboard.
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Doesn't have all his dogs on one leash.
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Doesn't have his shit in one sock.
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Doesn't have all of his groceries in the same bag.
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Doesn't have all the dots on his dice.
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Doesn't have all the pens in her plotter.
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Doesn't know which side of the toast the butter is on.
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Doesn't have enough sandwiches for a picnic.
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Doesn't quite sample at the Nyquist rate.
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Doin' 30 on the freeway.
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Donated her body to science... before she was done using it.
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Driving with two wheels in the sand.
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Dropped her second stage too soon.
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Dumb as a box of mentally handicapped rocks.
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Dumber than a chicken.
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Dumber than a box of hair.
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Dumber than a box of Mexican jewelry.
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Dumber than a bag full of hammers.
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Dumber than shit on a biscuit. (Appalachian accent preferred)
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Echoes between the ears.
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Elevator doesn't make it to the penthouse.
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Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor.
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Elevator goes all the way to the top, but the door doesn't open.
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Elevator is stuck between floors.
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The eyes are open, the mouth moves but mister brain has long since departed!
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Finds a flat by swapping tires.
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Fired from McDonald's for having a short attention-span.
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Fired retro-rockets a little late.
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Forgot to pay his brain bill.
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Fucked up as a soup sandwich.
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Full throttle, dry tank.
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Gavel doesn't quite hit the bench.
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Got a one-way ticket on the Disoriented Express (fr "Barney Miller")
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Got too many birds on his antenna.
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Gyros are loose.
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Had a head crash.
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Half a bubble off plumb. -- attributed to Mark Twain
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Half a quart low.
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Has an ego like a black hole.
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Has a few wait states.
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Has a mind like a sieve.
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Has a one-bit brain with a parity error.
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Has a photographic memory; too bad there's no film in the camera.
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Has a room-temperature IQ.
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Has a screw loose.
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If brains were dynamite, he wouldn't have enough to blow his nose.
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If his IQ were two points higher, he'd be a rock.
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If he had another brain, it would be lonely.
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If he were any more stupid, he would have to be watered twice a week.
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If he were any dumber, he'd be a green plant.
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If they knock heads, the implosion will suck all the air out of the room.
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If what you don't know can't hurt you, she's practically invulnerable.
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If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean.
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Informationally deprived.
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In need of a ROM upgrade.
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In a world of Hard Disks, he/she is using a 1S-2D floppy for brains.
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Informationally deprived.
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Intellectually challenged.
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In the shopping mall of the mind, he's in the toy store.
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IQ of a ice cube.
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IQ of a salad bar.
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Knitting with only one needle.
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Left-hand threaded.
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Left his booster on the launch pad.
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Lights not burning too bright.
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Living proof that nature does not abhor a vacuum.
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Looney tunes.
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Loose wire to headset/ringer.
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Lugnuts rattling in the hubcaps.
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Mental agility of a soap dish.
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Metronome needs oil.
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Missing a few catalog cards.
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Missing a few gears.
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Missing a few marbles.
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Missing a layer of insulation is his attic.
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Mouth is in gear, brain is in neutral.
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Missing a few catalog cards.
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Missing a few marbles.
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With one more neuron he'd have a synapse.
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Has two neurons, and they don't synapse
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Has two neurons separated by a spirochete.
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Needs another brain to make half-wit.
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Nice house, not much furniture.
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Nice house but nobody home.
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Nine pence in the shilling.
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Nineteen cents short of a paradigm.
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No one at the throttle.
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Not digging in the same ditch with the rest of us.
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Not firing on all four (six) (eight) cylinders.
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Not hard-docked.
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Not playing with a full deck.
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Not playing with a full deck? hell he's not even in the game!
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On a scale of e to pi, that rates about a sqrt(2).
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Only playing with 51 cards.
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Only playing with the jokers.
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On-ramp doesn't make it to the freeway.
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When he plays poker, it's hard to tell whether he has an ace up
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his sleeve or if the ace is missing from his deck altogether.
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Nothing between the stethoscopes.
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Not running on full thrusters.
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Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
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No wind in the her mind's windmills.
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Nutty as a fruitcake.
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Fruity as a nutcake.
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Off his rocker.
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Oil doesn't reach his dipstick.
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One board short of a porch
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On the batting end of a no-hitter.
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One Froot Loop shy of a bowl full.
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One marble shy of a full deck. (confuses lotsa people!)
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One shingle shy a roof.
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One side short of a pentagon.
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One star short of a solar system
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One step short of the attic
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One wave short of a shipwreck.
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Only uses his brain to keep his head from caving in.
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Overruns above 110 baud.
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Over the Rainbow.
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Paralyzed from the neck up.
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Parked his head and forgot where he left it.
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That kid reminds me of Paul Revere's ride...a little light in the
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belfry. (attributed to Foghorn Leghorn)
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Pins 2 & 3 (RS-232) permanently connected to ground.
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Playing baseball with a rubber bat.
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Playing hockey with a warped puck.
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Playing Scrabble, but we can't figure out what words he's building.
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Playing with an unstrung raquet
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Plays solitaire... for cash.
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Pressure's up, but there's a slow leak somewhere.
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Puts a finger in his ear so the draft through his head isn't annoying.
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Fucked-up as a soup sandwich.
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Reading from an empty disk.
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Reads Homer in the original Greek, but doesn't know Greek.
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Receiver is off the hook.
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Renewable energy source for hot air balloons.
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Reset line is glitching.
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Result of a first cousin marriage.
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Rides to school on a short bus.
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Running on empty.
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Runs squares around the competition.
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Sailboat fuel for brains.
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Sat under the ozone hole too long.
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Sending back packets, but the checksums are wrong.
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Seven seconds behind, and built to stay that way.
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Sharp as a pin head.
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Sharp as a tack cloth.
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She was minus so many buttons ...
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She wears a pony tail to cover up the valve stem.
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Short a few cards.
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Skating on the wrong side of the ice.
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Skiing in Ohio.
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Skylight leaks a little.
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Slept a little too close to his radium-dial watch.
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Slinky's kinked.
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Slower than my grandma, and she's been dead for 20 years.
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So slow he has to speed up to stop.
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So slow that if he were racing the fifty yard dash with a
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pregnant lady he'd come in third!
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Smoke doesn't make it to the top of his chimney.
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Some bugs in his software.
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Some drink from the fountain of knowledge, but he just gargled.
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Somebody else is doing the driving for that boy!
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Someone blew out his pilot light.
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Someone let the air out of her lock.
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So stupid he could screw up a one-car funeral.
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Source code is missing a few lines.
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S p a c e d o u t .
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Squirrel food.
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Surfing in Nebraska.
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Swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool.
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Switch is on, but no one's receiving.
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Teflon brain (nothing sticks).
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The attention span of an overripe grapefruit.
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The best part of him ran down his mother's legs. -- Jackie Gleason
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The brains of a house plant.
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The caboose seems to be pulling the engine.
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The cheese has slid off his cracker.
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The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.
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The going got weird and he turned pro.
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The lights are on but nobody's home.
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The smoke doesn't make it to the top of his chimney.
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The synapses are about _that_ far apart.
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There's a leak in his ceiling.
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Thick as a brick.
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Thinks at 5 baud.
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Too many games (caves) without a helmet.
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Too much yardage between the goal posts.
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Toys in the attic.
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Train of thought derailed.
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Train of thought is still boarding at the station.
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Traveling faster than light, but left his sneakers behind.
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Tripping without luggage.
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Trying out for the javelin retrieval team
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Two saucers short of a tea-service.
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His elevator skips the lobby
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She's lost touch with the mother ship
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Has flashbacks to the Pelopponesian War in his spare time
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He's not just bent - he's helical
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