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generalbetrayus

(1,983 posts) Fri Oct 31, 2025, 11:41 AM Oct 2025

I'd say dumb as a rock, but as a geologist, I would never insult rocks like that.

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I'd say dumb as a rock, but as a geologist, I would never insult rocks like that. (Original Post) generalbetrayus Oct 2025 OP

It talking about members of the current administration, it is hard... 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #1

How about 'dumb as a doorknob'? EYESORE 9001 Oct 2025 #2

But doorknobs can be pretty, and are, at least, useful, whether attractive or not. 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #3

True EYESORE 9001 Oct 2025 #4

Jimmy didn't just study nuclear physic, he practiced it.q soldierant Nov 2025 #5

3catwoman3

(29,791 posts)

1. It talking about members of the current administration, it is hard...

Reply to generalbetrayus (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 11:47 AM

Oct 2025

...to come up with a "dumb as a ..." comparison that is not an insult to the item/animal being compared.

My best effort is a tapeworm - just like TACO Don, ugly to look at, and sucks the life out of everything.

EYESORE 9001

(29,882 posts)

2. How about 'dumb as a doorknob'?

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 12:18 PM

Oct 2025

I think doorknobs won’t take offense

3catwoman3

(29,791 posts)

3. But doorknobs can be pretty, and are, at least, useful, whether attractive or not.

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 12:30 PM

Oct 2025

EYESORE 9001

(29,882 posts)

4. True

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 12:32 PM

Oct 2025

The apricot hellbast has negative usefulness.

soldierant

(9,372 posts)

5. Jimmy didn't just study nuclear physic, he practiced it.q

Reply to generalbetrayus (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 06:04 PM

Nov 2025

While in the Navy he headed a team sent to Canada to fix a malfunctioning reactor. They could only spend seconds in the room with it, so they had to practice replacing the problematic part until they could do it in that sliver of time. And it turned out they had overestimated the safe time - his urine was radioactive for months.

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