Here are nearly 200 ways to say someone is mentally challenged:-
- 1 cylinder mind.
- 12 shy of a dozen.
- A bad spot on the disk.
- A couple of open splices.
- A couple of volts below threshold.
- A few beers short of a six-pack.
- A few bits shy of a word.
- A few bricks shy of a load.
- A few cans short of a six pack.
- A few clowns short of a circus.
- A few feathers short of a whole duck.
- A few fries short of a Happy Meal.
- A few peas short of a casserole.
- A few sandwiches short of a picnic.
- A few screws loose.
- A few tiles missing from the Space Shuttle.
- A little light in his loafers.
- A loose chip on the micro processor.
- A quart low.
- About fifteen cents short.
- About a half a bubble off plumb.
- About three cents short of a dollar.
- Air between the ears.
- All booster – no payload.
- All crown – no filling.
- All foam, no beer.
- All the eggs in the same basket.
- All the lights don’t shine in his marquis.
- All the marbles in one bag.
- An 8080 in a 68000 environment.
- Antenna doesn’t pick up all the channels.
- Attic’s a little dusty.
- Back burner’s not fully operational.
- Barking mad.
- Bats in the belfry.
- Belt doesn’t go through all the loops.
- Body by Fisher, brains by Mattel.
- Bonkers
- Car’s only got three wheels, and one’s going flat.
- Cheese slid off the cracker.
- Chimney’s blocked.
- Clock doesn’t have all its numbers.
- Couldn’t pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.
- CPU not connected to the bus.
- Crazy
- Crazy as a bucket of frogs.
- Crazy as a loon.
- Crazy as all get out.
- Dialing thumb must be broken.
- Doesn’t have all the dogs barking.
- Doesn’t have all the dogs on one leash.
- Doesn’t have all the dots on the dice.
- Doesn’t have all the cornflakes in one box.
- Doesn’t have all the groceries in the same bag.
- Doesn’t have both oars in the water.
- Doesn’t know which side of the toast the butter is on.
- Doesn’t know much but leads the league in nostril hair.
- Driving with two wheels in the sand.
- Elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top floor.
- Elevator doesn’t make it to the penthouse.
- Elevator doesn’t stop at every floor.
- Elevator’s stuck between floors.
- Completely out of his / her tree.
- Flying on one engine.
- Forgot to pay the brain bill.
- Got a few wait states.
- Got a mind like a steel trap – anything entering gets crushed and mangled.
- Got a mind like a steel trap – full of mice.
- Got a mind like a steel trap–rusty and stuck closed.
- Got a screw loose.
- Got one boot stuck in the sand.
- Got the attention span of an overripe grapefruit.
- Got the mental agility of a soap dish.
- Got two brains. One is lost and the other is out looking for it.
- Had a head crash.
- Half a brick short of a full load.
- Half a bubble off plumb.
- Half a quart low.
- Has a mind like a sieve.
- Hasn’t got all the china in the cupboard.
- Hasn’t got enough sense to come in out of the rain.
- Hasn’t got enough sense to stay out of the rain.
- If brains were dynamite he/she couldn’t blow his/her hat off.
- If brains were dynamite, he/she wouldn’t have enough to blow his/her nose.
- If he/she had another brain, it would be lonely.
- In a world of Hard Disks, he/she is using a 1S-2D floppy for brains.
- In the shopping mall of the mind, he/she’s in the toy department.
- It would be easier to count the bricks left than the bricks missing!
- Judging by the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you,” s/he’s practically invulnerable.
- Leads 3 & 4 (RS-232) permanently connected to ground.
- Left the store without all the groceries.
- Light not buring too bright.
- Little red choo choo done jumped the track.
- Looney tunes.
- Loony as a jay bird.
- Loose chip in the micro processor.
- Loose wire to headset/ringer.
- Lugnuts rattling in the hubcaps.
- Mainspring’s wound too tight.
- Minus so many buttons
- Missing a few buttons on the remote control.
- Missing a few catalog cards.
- Missing a few gears.
- Missing a few marbles.
- Mouth is in gear, but the brain is in neutral.
- Nice house not much furniture.
- Nice house, but nobody home.
- Nine pence in the shilling.
- No grain in the silo.
- No one at the throttle.
- Not digging in the same ditch with the rest of us!
- Not enough sandwiches for a picnic.
- Not firing on all four (six) (eight) cylinders.
- Not firing on all thrusters.
- Not hitting on all cylinders.
- Not playing with a full deck.
- Not playing with a full deck? hell he’s not even in the game!
- Not running on full thrusters.
- Not too tightly wrapped.
- Nuts.
- Nutty as a fruitcake
- Off his/her rocker.
- Off his/her trolley.
- Oil doesn’t reach the dipstick.
- One brick shy of a load.
- One Fruit Loop shy of a full bowl.
- One shingle shy a roof.
- One taco short of a combination plate.
- Only got one oar in the water.
- Only hitting on 7 cylinders.
- Only operating at about half a watt.
- Only playing with 51 cards.
- One card short of a full deck.
- Only playing with the jokers.
- On the batting end of a no-hitter.
- Over the Rainbow
- Paddling with one oar.
- Paged-out.
- Paralyzed from the neck up.
- Parked his/her head and forgot where he/she left it.
- Pin 8 is floating.
- Played football without a helmet.
- Playing hockey with a warped puck
- Proof that evolution CAN go in reverse.
- Raw cookie dough.
- Reading off an empty disk.
- Receiver is off the hook.
- Renewable energy source for hot air ballons.
- Riding a tippy canoe.
- Running at 400 baud.
- Running on empty.
- Sailboat fuel for brains.
- Sending back packets, but the checksums are wrong.
- Several nuts short of a full pouch.
- Sewing machine’s out of thread.
- Sharp as a bowling ball
- Short a few cards.
- Six bricks short of a full load.
- Six shy of a dozen.
- Skating on the wrong side of the ice.
- Skylight leaks a little.
- Slinky’s kinked.
- Some bugs in the software.
- Some drink from the fountain of knowledge, some just gargle.
- Somebody else is driving.
- Someone blew out the pilot light.
- Strong, like Bear… Smart, like Tractor.
- Surfing in Nebraska.
- Swapped out.
- Teflon brain (nothing sticks).
- The ace is missing from the deck.
- The blinds are up, but there’s nobody home.
- The caboose seems to be pulling the engine.
- The carnival has closed.
- The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn’t coming.
- The going got weird and he/she turned pro.
- The porch light is on, but there’s nobody home.
- The reset line is glitching.
- The smoke doesn’t make it to the top of his/her chimney.
- The synapses are about that far apart.
- The wheel’s spinning, but the hamster’s dead.
- There’s a leak in the ceiling.
- There’s no wind in the windmills of his/her mind.
- Thick as a brick.
- Too much yardage between the goal posts.
- Toys in the attic.
- Two bits shy of a word.
- Two tacos short of a combination plate.
- Vacancy on the top floor.
- Was hiding behind the door when they passed out brains.
- Was napping in the nut pile the day that God was cracking nuts.
- Warning: Objects in mirror are dumber than they appear.
- Welcome light on, but no one home.
- Wonder how many angels could dance on his/her head?
- Working with an unformatted disk.
- You can hear the wind wistling through the ears.
- His little red choo-choo’s gone chugging ’round the bend.