> Ned's about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
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> Maybe we can debate whether this is more or less insulting than:
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> Ned's about as sharp as a sack of wet rice.

Hard to say. On 1 hand, wet mice have very sharp teeth. so he's pretty sharp if the mice get out of the bag. But on another hand, wet mice are not a very nice thing to be compared to.

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