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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
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The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	6 Nov 2019 19:27
	Son was asking whether there are more variations on this theme, and I could only think of "a sandwich short of a picnic", are there any regional variations that you grew up with?
	Researching:
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 39,859 Send Message	LaGooner	Report	6 Nov 2019 19:28
	The lights are on but nobody's home :-D :-D
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	6 Nov 2019 19:30
	That's frequently the case with me LaGooner :-D
	Researching:
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 39,859 Send Message	LaGooner	Report	6 Nov 2019 19:32
	It's me all the time :-D :-D :-D :-D
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 57,155 Send Message	'Emma'	Report	6 Nov 2019 19:43
	Two slices short of a loaf. Not the full quid. If he had a brain cell he would be dangerous. Not playing with the full deck.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	6 Nov 2019 19:46
	Emma, I have used " If he had a brain he would be dangerous" :-)
	Researching:
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 57,155 Send Message	'Emma'	Report	6 Nov 2019 19:48
	I use that one a lot Rose :-D Some are very Scottish but not to be mentioned on here and only by men :-0
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 15,860 Send Message	Island	Report	6 Nov 2019 19:48
	If his/her brain was made of cloth there wouldn't be enough to make a pair of spats for a budgie :-D
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 4,283 Send Message	SheilaSomerset	Report	6 Nov 2019 19:54
	Mum always said 'Three ha'pence short of a shilling'. Two bricks short of a load.
	Researching: Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	6 Nov 2019 20:43
	"Not the sharpest knife in the drawer"
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 1,085 Send Message	Phyll	Report	6 Nov 2019 20:47
	Not quite the ticket
	Researching: Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 110,287 Send Message	Allan	Report	6 Nov 2019 20:51
	Australian ones: A snag (sausage) short of a barbie A sheep short of a paddock Not quite the same but I do like this one: If brains were elastic he wouldn't have enough for a frog's jockstrap
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	6 Nov 2019 20:52
	He wants to sell his ****s and buy some brains.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,007 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	6 Nov 2019 20:53
	My dad's favourite was As thick as a cocoa room cup referencing the cups/mugs that used to be used in the tea/cocoa room on railway stations, for those who are too young to have ever seen those ;-)
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	6 Nov 2019 21:14
	Why was he born so beautiful?
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 9,491 Send Message	ZZzzz	Report	6 Nov 2019 21:36
	Not the full shilling.
	Researching: Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 9,491 Send Message	ZZzzz	Report	6 Nov 2019 21:39
	Hatches. Matches and dispatches. Meaning birth marriage and death.
	Researching: Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,520 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	7 Nov 2019 00:25
	"'E aint wired up right!!"
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87,799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	7 Nov 2019 07:15
	As welcome as a foreign coin in the church collection basket.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,448 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	7 Nov 2019 07:17
	Mum would say a bit doo dally dip
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

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