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#155647 02/15/06 03:40 PM
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I think Zed's suggestion incorrigible is the right word, although it is usually used playfully. ("Oh James, you're incorrigible!" exclaimed Miss Moneypenny.)

Incorrigible
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin incorrigibilis, from Latin in- + corrigere to correct -- more at CORRECT
: incapable of being corrected or amended: as a (1) : not reformable : DEPRAVED (2) : DELINQUENT b : not manageable : UNRULY c : UNALTERABLE, INVETERATE

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#155648 02/16/06 04:40 PM
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I'd have said he was "thick as two short planks"!

#155649 02/18/06 06:23 PM
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There is an Irish word that fits this kind of person perfectly.... I have no idea of the Irish spelling but it is pronounced Cullshe
Applied usually to country folks who come to the big city, get a job by accident, don't do anything right, and eventually become the CEO !
Edited for spellling

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