Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 09:56:19 EST

From: Vicki Rosenzweig murphy!acmcr!vr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UUNET.UU.NET

Subject: Re: Put-downs



"A few bricks shy of a load"

"Missing a few marbles"



There are a lot of mass/space metaphors going on here, too:

as if the mind was assembled from parts, and if you don't have

enough parts, it doesn't work right.



Vicki Rosenzweig

vr%acmcr.uucp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]murphy.com

New York, NY