# Idiot's Guide to . . . Being an Idiot

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 19, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270 "2000-12-19T01:25:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/21 "2000-12-19T04:02:08Z")

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How about  
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The complete idiot’s guide to **SHUTTING THE FUCK UP** in a movie theater, you **drooling inbred braindead sack of an imbecile’s shit!** \*

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**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/22 "2000-12-19T06:39:41Z")

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the complete idiots guide to finding the clitoris.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Pinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dr.Pinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Pinky)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/23 "2000-12-19T07:10:25Z")

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Actually, I’ve always wanted to write “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Alaskan Legislature” but I’m afraid people would think I was writing a parody…

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/24 "2000-12-19T08:16:07Z")

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“How to Find Your @sshole with a Flashlight and a Pair of Latex Gloves”

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**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/25 "2000-12-19T09:17:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Dr.Pinky \*  
> \*\*Actually, I’ve always wanted to write “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Alaskan Legislature” but I’m afraid people would think I was writing a parody… \*\*

Isn’t that the legislature where a representative was convicted of some crime and ordered to pay a fine, then ran for reelection because he said it was the only way he knew of to make enough money to pay off the fine?

That’s a damn long sentence.

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**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/26 "2000-12-19T10:08:16Z")

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Standing Upright

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/27 "2000-12-19T13:33:47Z")

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the 2000 Presidential Election.

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**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/28 "2000-12-19T15:16:51Z")

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a book called:

“Teach yourself to read for Dummies”

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**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/29 "2000-12-19T15:34:48Z")

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\*Not bringing your crying, screaming children to an “R” rated movie on a wednesday night at 10:30 for Dummies

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to doing what the Help Desk Tells You To Do _(or)_  
If You’re Not Gonna Listen, Why Did You Call Me? for Dummies

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Turn Signals

Using Birth Control (especially) for Dummies

The Complete Idiot’s Guide for Leaving the Party When it’s OVER

Playing in Traffic for Dummies\*

punk snot dead,  
broccoli!

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/30 "2000-12-19T15:41:35Z")

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The Idiot’s Guide to Lining Up the Punchhole with the Candidate of Your Choice.

The Surface Tension of Your Average Chad and You!

Inventing the Internet, Did I or Didn’t I?: An Exercise in Memory for Dummies

Not Looking Like an Idiot for Idiots (Special Election Year Discount!)

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-guide-to-being-an-idiot/46270/31 "2000-12-19T19:56:14Z")

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[http://www.iantheterrible.com/rambles.cgi?date=1999.12.28](http://www.iantheterrible.com/rambles.cgi?date=1999.12.28)

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