A ____ short of a _____ 2

[gbaughma]

OK, since my last post was getting even sillier.... how about a few of those phrases like in the title?

I'll get you started (as usual)

A few peas short of a pod
A few buttons missing on his remote control
A taco shy of a combo plate
A couple beers short of a 6-pack
A couple french fries short of a happy meal
A brick short of a load
An IQ point short of consciousness

Any others you guys know?


Just my 2¢
-Cole's Law: Shredded cabbage

--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[IknowMe]

A few songs short of a playlist.

[small]Sometimes you gotta leave your zone of safety. You have to manufacture Inspirado. You gotta get out of the apartment. You've got to run with the wolves. You've got to dive into the ocean and fight with the sharks. Or just treat yourself to a delicious hot fudge sundae........ with nuts. - Jack Black[/small]

 

[rjoubert]

One card short of a deck

 

[Stella740pl]

Oh boy, either I am here for a really long time, or have really good memory, or both.
thread1256-974695 (December 2004)

 

[DansDadUK]

The most common ones are probably:

A few sandwiches short of a picnic.
A few cards short of a deck.

 

[rjoubert]

I can't take credit for these...just found them on a site.

A few sandwiches short of a picnic.
A few screws short of a hardware store.
A few keys short of a keyboard.
One twist short of a slinky.
A few threads short of a sweater.
A few clowns short of a circus.
A few fruit loops shy of a full bowl.
A few watts shy of a light bulb.
A few fuses short of a full circuit.
A tire short of an eighteen wheeler.
A few pecans short of a fruitcake.
A few toppings short of a deluxe pizza.
A few colors short of a rainbow.
A few noodles short of chow mein.
A few bristles short of a broom.
A few sheep short of a flock.
A few gunmen short of a posse.
Ten cents short of a dollar.

My favorite from the site...
A few bits short of a byte.

 

[Thargy]

use English b'gorra!

Not quite the full shillin'

Grinding away at things Oracular

 

[Lightning]

A few kangaroos loose in the top paddock.

Cheers

 

[ESquared]

Has a meager cognitive load budget.

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[snuv]

A star for "meagre cognitive load budget"

I'm quite likely to use that one in anger in the next couple of hours....

"If it could have gone wrong earlier and it didn't, it ultimately would have been beneficial for it to have." : Murphy's Ultimate Corollary

 

[Welshbird]

A beansprout short of a pancake roll.

My sis is a psychiatrist, and she says 'one inhibitory neuron too many...'

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[philhege]

A DIM statement short of a function.

 

[flapeyre]

A few ants short of a picnic.

Solum potestis prohibere ignes silvarum.

 

[ESquared]

I learned about cognitive loads and budgets to handle them in my study of user interface design... I immediately saw the potential for subtle insults, the kind where the person doesn't know or can't figure out if he has been insulted or not.

You know, I've always been amazed at how thrifty you are with your cognitive load budget...

 

[gbaughma]

A DIM statement short of a function.

Hehe..... in that vein....

A semi-colon short of a PERL statement
A closing tag short of a working site

... how about....

A 2 hz brain in a 4 GHz world



Just my 2¢
-Cole's Law: Shredded cabbage

--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[SantaMufasa]

A 2 hz brain in a 4 GHz world

Ouch, that hertz. <grin>

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[rjoubert]

Ouch, that hertz.

 

[philhege]

Mufasa wins the thread.

 

[SQLSister]

How about
three sigmas below the median

"NOTHING is more important in a database than integrity." ESquared

 

[ESquared]

Mufasa wins the thread.

Maybe he would win some other thread about puns, but in this thread only statements about a person's intellectual capacity are allowed to win.