I think my roommate's a few bricks short of a full load...

[KingNothing]

I live in a dorm with 4-room suites. Each person has their own bedroom. So I'm sitting in my room for half an hour, and every so often I hear this noise that sounds like digital crickets chirping. I figure one of my roommates has a weird voicemail notification on their cellphone or something.

Then the guy in the room next to mine comes into the suite, and the noise happens again, so he walks into my room and asks me if that's my computer. I say no, I don't know what that noise is. So he says "Oh, I guess it's my computer then." and leaves.

I don't get it. If you knew your computer made a noise like that, wouldn't you check your own computer first?

Edit: The Idiom Police got me.

 

[Rudee]

fyi... the expression is "a few bricks short of a load"

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: Rudee
fyi... the expression is "a few bricks short of a load"

The irony is just screaming....

By the way, what does a digital cricket sound like (as opposed to a regular cricket)?

BTW part 2: I think it's "a few bricks short of a full load" iirc.

 

[pyonir]

not the brightest bulb on the xmas tree, huh?

 

[Colt45]

could have used a better phrase than that.

 

[Anubis]

hehe im gonna say that chirping is Weatherbug. it does that when it has an alert. and you can dissable the sound

 

[TNTrulez]

huh?

 

[GasX]

a beer short of a six-pack?
the lights are on but noone's home?
not firing on all cylinders?

 

[pyonir]

A few cards short of a full deck?

 

[KingNothing]

I'm going to bookmark this thread. I got to "few bricks short of" and then I couldn't remember the rest so I guessed.

However, not remembering an idiom < roommate's weirdness.

 

[Anubis]

few french fries short of a happy meal

 

[Nohr]

A few neffers short of a thread.

 

[ScottyB]

a few crows short of a murder

 

[Slacker]

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer?



























Shooting an empty gun.

Hunting in an empty forest.

A few walls short of a complete house.

A few crumbs short of the cake.

His porch light is flickering.

No grain in the silo.

Receiver is off the hook.

Slinky's kinked.

Too much yardage between the goal posts.

Not the sharpest pencil in the box.

About a half a bubble off level.

Not the brightest crayon in the box.

A few gunmen short of a posse.

Missing some of dots on his dice?

Only got One Oar In The Water.

Not the quickest bunny in the forest.

The porch lights on, but nobody's home.

Too much chlorine in the gene pool.

Not the brightest bulb on the tree.

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

The cheese has slipped off the cracker.

Not the brightest star in the galaxy.

Not the sharpest tack in the box.

I.Q. of two, but takes three to grunt.

Thinks the Hard Rock Cafe is a restaurant for boulders.

Tried to read a book "between the lines."

A few chocolate chips short of a cookie.

A few tantrums short of a toddler.

A couple gallons short of a swimming pool.

IQ lower than your average rock.

A couple apples short of a bushel.

Several aliens short of a UFO.

A few CDs short of a jukebox.

Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.

One brick shy of a fireplace.

One bubble short of a bath.

Wheels are spinning but the tires are off the ground.

One eye closed and can't see out of the other.

One tree short of a hammock.

He thinks the Mexican border pays rent.

If he blew up a balloon his head would deflate.

Two slices of bread shy of a sandwich.

A few clowns short of a circus.

A few fries short of a happy meal.

An experiment in Artificial Stupidity.

Dumber than a box of hair.

A few peas short of a casserole.

The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead!

One fruit loop shy of a full bowl.

A few feathers short of a whole duck.

Body by Fisher, brains by Mattel.

Warning: Objects in mirror are dumber than they appear.

Couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.

He fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.

An intellect rivaled only by garden tools.

As smart as bait.

Sharp as a marble.

Doesn't have all his dogs on one leash.

Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor.

Forgot to pay his brain bill.

Her sewing machine's out of thread.

His antenna doesn't pick up all the channels.

His belt doesn't go through all the loops.

If he had another brain, it would be lonely.

Missing a few buttons on his remote control.

 

[SpiderX]

not the sharpest knife in the drawer

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: Slacker
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer?

[...]

Missing a few buttons on his remote control.

Holy crap.

 

[kranky]

....depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.

 

[xSauronx]

id call him a moron and keep it simple

 

[Zenmervolt]

I like to use the following phrase: "I've run over smarter things than [insert name here] with my lawnmower."

ZV

 

[Nohr]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I like to use the following phrase: "I've run over smarter things than [insert name here] with my lawnmower."

ZV

I like that.