"Nuttier than Squirrel Crap!" : The Post your favorite colloquialisms Thread

[major_gater]

My grandma used to say....

"That dog won't hunt"--I'm not exactly sure what it means, but I use it alot.
"He was all over it like stank on sh$t"

I miss her.....

[Jafana]

a sandwich short of a picnic.
a beer short of a six-pack
or, as my brother used to threaten:

if you don't shut up, I'll rip your arm off and beat you with the soggy end.

but im not entirely sure that that could be counted as a colloquialism...

[Gromit]

Wallace and Gromit are awesome (don't know if youre name is for THAT gromit, which may even be spelled different, but they still are.)

They are awsome. I fail to see how it could be spelt defferently, when that's how its spelt.

back on topic:

"as Dumb as a post"

[Roatbaum]

As useless as tits on a boar.
Not the sharpest pencil in the box.
and my favorite,
"Calling you stupid is an insult to stupid people." (Jamie Lee Curtis to Kevin Kline in A Fish called Wanda)

[Greesha]

"as Dumb as a post"

which kind of post were you talking about?

[Bagpuss]

"One crystal short on his DHD".

[SGSlugger]

He's a couple dollars short of a discount.

[alaskannut]

As useful as tits on an asgard?

[Madeleine]

One of Blackadder's: "As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University"

[Ancient 1]

"He was so ugly that when he was born the doctor slapped his mother."

"He was so ugly that his parents had to tie a pork chop round his neck so the dog would play with him."

That was vintage Rodney Dangerfield, may he RIP.

Here's a couple or 3:

He's one chevron short of an address.
She's about as bright as a burned out ZPM.
Most people who think they have great wit are only half right. (get it?)