Alternatives to "broken shelf" expression

[_moksha]

This was really meant for another message board, but I do not wish to get myself banned for encroaching on the moderator’s grace of letting me post there. I know this is the common term all Mormons use to describe their loss of faith, but it grates on me. Sort of like hearing a tipsy Robin Leach continually saying Wacko Jacko when talking about Michael Jackson. It gets old to continually use the same expression when the language is open to so many other word combinations.

Unhinged door
Fallen chandelier
Sprung trunk
Unwound clock
Herniated abdominal wall
Depreciated Franklin mint coin
Lost faith
Ripped seam
Blown tire
Road kill

So I wasn't offering these alternatives to test the moderator’s patience, but rather as an exercise in putting that old zing back into the language of describing what happens when you experience the loss of religious innocence.

[_Amore]

Baggage bursting at the seams:


Overpacked balancing trick:

[_Quasimodo]

This was really meant for another message board, but I do not wish to get myself banned for encroaching on the moderator’s grace of letting me post there. I know this is the common term all Mormons use to describe their loss of faith, but it grates on me. Sort of like hearing a tipsy Robin Leach continually saying Wacko Jacko when talking about Michael Jackson. It gets old to continually use the same expression when the language is open to so many other word combinations.

Unhinged door
Fallen chandelier
Sprung trunk
Unwound clock
Herniated abdominal wall
Depreciated Franklin mint coin
Lost faith
Ripped seam
Blown tire
Road kill

So I wasn't offering these alternatives to test the moderator’s patience, but rather as an exercise in putting that old zing back into the language of describing what happens when you experience the loss of religious innocence.

"Herniated abdominal wall" is definitely my favorite! But, that's just me. Love them medical terms. May I also suggest "ruptured cerebral aneurysm".

[_ludwigm]

"under the bus"

Was there any pres/apostle remained on the upper deck?

[_Wonhyo]

Sort of like hearing a tipsy Robin Leach continually saying Wacko Jacko when talking about Michael Jackson.

The imagery is so vivid! The alternative terminology is refreshing, and I especially like "Depreciated Franklin mint coin".

Here are a few humble suggestions, with Mormon-themed vocabulary:

Gone Rigdon
Cracked Spectacles
Ether's Cave-in
Fourteen Fundamentals Fatigue
Tripped By My Own Lengthened Stride

[_Dr. Shades]

Unhinged door
Fallen chandelier
Sprung trunk
Unwound clock
Herniated abdominal wall
Depreciated Franklin mint coin
Lost faith
Ripped seam
Blown tire
Road kill

If you have a doubt that you can't resolve, how do you put it on a door? Do people typically store things on a chandelier? Do they put things on a clock? If something must be dealt with later, do people put it behind an abdominal wall?

This is the reason why "shelf" works far better than anything you listed. It's the usual place where people put things away for later retrieval, and the thing that breaks when the weight of too many such things exceeds its load-bearing capacity.

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[_RockSlider]

If you have a doubt that you can't resolve, how do you put it on a door? Do people typically store things on a chandelier? Do they put things on a clock? If something must be dealt with later, do people put it behind an abdominal wall?

This is the reason why "shelf" works far better than anything you listed. It's the usual place where people put things away for later retrieval, and the thing that breaks when the weight of too many such things exceeds its load-bearing capacity.

Shades, the ginger has been posting lately, don't you have more important things to do?

[_Dr. Shades]

Shades, the ginger has been posting lately, don't you have more important things to do?

Implying what?

[_msnobody]

How about Hang it on the treadmill.