List: Phrases that mean CRAZY
David Build Caudle
that someone had done this several months ago; even so, the
responses I got supplied several that weren't on this 'original' list,
which was sent to me by Barry Gunn and appears at the end of my
accumulated list. I decided to ignore this list and pretend that my
list was the first, so a few phrases in my list are duplicates in the
original list.
Seems like the most reported phrase was "a few sandwiches short of
a picnic", which was first sent to me by Deveron (name?).
Anyways, here it is...
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From: David Caudle <SAS...@vm.sas.com>
toys in the attic
not playing with a full deck
not rowing with both oars
has a few pages stuck together
puzzle is missing a few pieces
basket case
gone fishing
bats in the belfry
has a few loose screws
rides to school on a short bus
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From: gw...@prism.gatech.edu (Deveron of Azriel)
a few sandwiches short of a picnic basket
elevator doesn't reach the top floor
not wrapped too tightly
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From: jtc...@Csa3.LBL.Gov (Ad absurdum per aspera)
got a one-way ticket on the Disoriented Express (fr "Barney Miller")
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From: Patty Hakala <hak...@spot.Colorado.EDU>
pilot light is not fully lit
light is on but nobody's home
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From: mor...@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
lost one's marbles
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From: dmcm...@djm.cs.gmr.com (Don McMillan CS 50)
doesn't have his shit in one sock
fucked up as a soup sandwich
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From: gw...@meteor.wisc.edu (Gwen VanGompel)
loopy as a loon (attributed to Bloom County)
gone round the bend
squirrel food (i.e., nuts)
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From: "Rick Ede, Lecturer-Chemistry, Waikato Uni, Hamilton, NZ"
<RM...@waikato.ac.nz>
mind is out to lunch
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From: DA...@licr.dn.mu.oz.au
a kangaroo loose in the top paddock
a little light on for cerebral voltage
has two neurones, and they don't synapse
has two neurones separated by a spirochaete (a little medical humor)
that kid reminds me of Paul Revere's ride...a little light in the
belfry (attributed to Foghorn Leghorn)
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From: jpr...@DPW.COM
tripping without luggage
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From: e...@inel.gov (Edward D Hughes)
on-ramp doesn't make it to the freeway
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From: nben...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Nancy Bennett)
"cuca fundida" (pron. 'cooka funjida'; means 'melted brain'; Brazil)
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From: al...@chook.cs.adelaide.edu.au
ten cents short of a dollar
only has ten cents in every dollar
has a screw loose somwhere
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From: turnkey!TCC.COM!gr...@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Gregg DeNeui)
not the sharpest knife in the drawer
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From: Barry Gunn <bar...@lsid.hp.com>
This was posted about 3 months ago:
"Body by Fisher - brains by Mattel."
$HOME = /dev/null.
A couple of open splices.
A couple of revisions behind.
A couple sandwiches short of a picnic.
A few beers short of a six-pack.
A few bombs short of a full load.
A few bricks shy of a load.
A few french fries short of a happy meal.
A few pickles short of a jar.
A few planes short of an Air Force.
A few tiles short of a successful re-entry.
A little light in his loafers.
A looney tune.
A quart low.
A return with no gosub.
A room temperature IQ.
About as bright as a small appliance bulb.
About as sharp as a bowling ball, and twice as smart.
About four cents short of a nickel.
All booster -- no payload.
All crown -- no filling.
All the sex appeal of a wet paper bag.
Attic's a little dusty.
Back burners not fully operating.
Bad spot on the disk.
Bats in the belfry.
Been napping in front of the ion shield again.
Been playing with the pharmacy section again.
Been short on oxygen one time too many.
Been using his head as a mass driver.
Blew his O-rings.
Blew the hatch before the lock sealed.
Born a day late, and like that ever since.
Car's only got three wheels, and one's going flat.
Clock doesn't have all its numbers.
Couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.
Cursor's flashing, but there's no response.
Doesn't have all the pens in her plotter.
Doesn't have both oars in the water.
Doesn't know which side of the toast the butter is on.
Doesn't quite sample at the Nyquist rate.
Driving with two wheels in the sand.
Dropped her second stage too soon.
Echoes between the ears.
Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor.
Elevator goes all the way to the top, but the door doesn't open.
Finds a flat by swapping tires.
Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.
Gets hypnotized on the despun section.
Gyros are loose.
Half a bubble off plumb. (attributed to Mark Twain)
Hard to tell if he has an ace up his sleeve or if the ace
is missing from his deck altogether.
Has a few tiles missing from his Space Shuttle.
Has a few wait states.
Has a one-bit brain with a parity error.
Has a screw loose.
Has a slow clock.
Has an ego like a black hole.
Has his solar panels aimed at the moon.
Has it floored in neutral.
Has the IQ of a ice cube.
Has the IQ of a salad bar.
Has two brains; one is lost and the other is out looking for it.
He's diagnosable.
He's in, but he's out to lunch.
Head whistles in a cross wind.
His memory is truly random-access.
If brains were bird droppings, he'd have a clean cage.
If brains were dynamite, he wouldn't have enough to blow his nose.
If he had another brain, it would be lonesome.
If he was any dumber, he'd be a green plant.
If they knock heads, implosion will suck all the air out of the room.
If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean.
In need of a ROM upgrade.
Infinite space between her ears.
Left his booster on the launch pad.
Lights are on but nobody's home.
Lights not burning too bright.
Little red choo-choo's gone chugging 'round the bend.
Loose chip in the microprocessor.
Loose wire to his headset/ringer.
Lugnuts rattling in the hubcaps.
Mainspring's wound too tight.
Mind like a steel trap -- full of mice.
Mind like a steel trap -- nothing in, nothing out.
Mind like a steel trap -- rusted shut.
Missing a few catalog cards.
Missing a few gears.
Missing a few marbles.
Nine pence in the shilling.
No one at the throttle.
Not firing on all four (six) (eight) cylinders.
Not hard-docked.
Not playing with a full deck.
Nothing between the stethoscopes.
Off his rocker.
On the batting end of a no-hitter.
One boot stuck in the sand.
One side short of a pentagon.
Only has one oar in the water.
Only playing with 51 cards.
Only playing with the jokers.
Overruns above 110 baud.
Paddling with one oar.
Paged/swapped out.
Paralyzed from the neck up.
Pins 2 & 3 (RS-232) permanently connected to ground.
Playing Scrabble, but we can't figure out what words he's building.
Playing hockey with a warped puck.
Pressure's up, but there's a slow leak somewhere.
Puts a finger in his ear so the draft through his head isn't annoying.
Receiver is off the hook.
Renewable energy source for hot air ballons.
Result of a first cousin marriage.
Running on empty.
S p a c e d o u t .
Sailboat fuel for brains.
Sending back packets, but the checksums are wrong.
Seven seconds behind, and built to stay that way.
Short a few cards.
Skating on the wrong side of the ice.
Slinky's kinked.
Smoke doesn't make it to the top of his chimney.
Some bugs in his software.
Somebody let the air out of her lock.
Source code is missing a few lines.
Switch is on, but no one's receiving.
The going got weird, and he turned pro.
The mental agility of a soap dish.
The synapses are about *that* far apart.
Thinks at 5 baud.
Too much yardage between the goal posts.
Toys in the attic.
Travelling faster than light, but left his sneakers behind.
Two bits shy of a word.
Vacancy on the top floor.
Vertically-fornicated mind.
Was napping in the nut pile the day that God was cracking nuts.
Wasn't strapped in during launch.
With one more neuron he'd have a synapse.
David Caudle | SAS Institute, Inc./SAS Campus Drive/Cary, NC 27513
sas...@vm.sas.com | (919)677-8001 x7946
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Jeff Vitullo 7-1561
Needs another brain to make half-wit.
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John Lee
A few clowns short of a circus.
He's got a few splinters in the windmills of his mind.
He's playing hockey with a warped puck.
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