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• A few rigs short of a full shack...
• A few spoons short of a full set.
• A few bombs/melons short of a full load.
• He's a couple of diskettes short of a full backup.
• That person is a couple of tapes short of a full backup...
• Two suits short of a full deck (a half-wit).
• Certain passages in several laws have always defied interpretation and the most inexplicable must be a matter of opinion.
  A judge of the Court of Session of Scotland has sent the editors of this book his candidate which reads, In the Nuts (unground), (other than ground nuts) Order, the expression nuts shall have reference to such nuts, other than ground nuts, as would but for this amending Order not qualify as nuts (unground)(other than ground nuts) by reason of their being nuts (unground)....
• From the "Guiness Book of World Records", 1973: Certain passages in several laws have always defied interpretation and the most inexplicable must be a matter of opinion.
  A judge of the Court of Session of Scotland has sent the editors of this book his candidate which reads, "In the Nuts (unground), (other than ground nuts) Order, the expression nuts shall have reference to such nuts, other than ground nuts, as would but for this amending Order not qualify as nuts (unground)(other than ground nuts) by reason of their being nuts (unground)....