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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 06:02 PM Jun 2020

I've got half a brain

I saw one of my neighbors today who I rarely see.
Since we were both wearing masks, we stopped to talk for a few minutes.

He said he always enjoys talking with me as I’m one of his few neighbors with half a brain.

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I've got half a brain (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jun 2020 OP
Hey its better than having 2 brain cells only 🤪 drray23 Jun 2020 #1
You are way ahead of DFT RainCaster Jun 2020 #2
"Thanks?" tazkcmo Jun 2020 #3
That's so much better than being a cement brain! lunatica Jun 2020 #4
I take my half out and play with it. Solly Mack Jun 2020 #5
If I had nickel for every time I've heard that... LuckyCharms Jun 2020 #11
You could keep the nickelodeon going forever? Solly Mack Jun 2020 #15
Real Estate listings in your area? IADEMO2004 Jun 2020 #6
One more brain and I'd be a half wit. bluedigger Jun 2020 #7
a new neighbor assures me that gay men and pedophiles are the same Skittles Jun 2020 #8
I hope that you didn't feel insulted. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #9
Only a few people can prove their sanity. keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #10
That's a nice compliment, even though it LuckyCharms Jun 2020 #12
According to Merriam-Webster, "half a brain" diva77 Jun 2020 #13
Hey, I may have your other half! lastlib Jun 2020 #14

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
9. I hope that you didn't feel insulted.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 08:50 PM
Jun 2020

I've heard that phrase a few times in the Midwest, and it's a compliment. The focus is on the others who are far more stupid compared to you.

They don't even have "half a brain", but you have at LEAST that... probably even a "full brain".

Lol, it's indeed a strange saying.

keithbvadu2

(36,727 posts)
10. Only a few people can prove their sanity.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:07 PM
Jun 2020
https://ky.aflcio.org/news/president-might-consider-sanity-certificate

When George Wallace ran for governor of Alabama in 1962, his political enemies found out that he'd suffered battle fatigue in World War II, recalled Victor Gold, an author and speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush.

The anti-Wallace camp said he was thus unqualified.

"On the stump, Wallace, pointing to a bill of health from his veterans hospital, quipped, 'I’m the only candidate in this race who has a certificate proving he’s sane,'" Gold also remembered, adding, "In the South of my political youth – the 1950s and ’60s – we took our crackpot chief executives in stride."

diva77

(7,639 posts)
13. According to Merriam-Webster, "half a brain"
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 02:45 AM
Jun 2020

is an idiom. Definition: common sense

Used in a sentence: If he had half a brain, he would have left a long time ago.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20a%20brain

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