21. "Just don't get me started on these ` poor pitiful Richard'nincompoops ," 22. Beyond that, many airline passengers are nincompoops who place such things as loose bowling balls in overhead bins. 23. "Elementary, my dear Watson, " says the King, who enjoys confusing nincompoops like North. 24. At least, that's what they're hoping it'll sound like to all us nincompoops . 25. Democrats are having fits that Bush, whom they see as a nincompoop , has a serious shot at winning. 26. This particular case is resolved, but the matter of assuming that new article creators are nincompoops or spammers continues. 27. Giant egos elbowing for the spotlight and nincompoop network executives bucking for power are at the heart of this sorry story. 28. All that does is to allow the state to pass on the cost of rescues to the nincompoops who make them necessary. 29. You are an "'incompetent nincompoop "'who doesn't deserve the attention of a street dog. 30. The hospital administrator is a nincompoop whose idea of good medicine is having the staff wear happy face stickers on their lab coats.