# Unlikely ''Idiot's Guide''s **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094 "2000-09-13T23:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sith\_Sheriff\_Brody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@Sith\_Sheriff\_Brody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sith_Sheriff_Brody)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/1 "2000-09-13T23:16:49Z")
One I came up with while doodling: **The Complete Idiot’s Guide to The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle** And the pic I made 🙂 About 45kB. [http://thematrix.acmecity.com/realworld/214/igas.jpg](http://thematrix.acmecity.com/realworld/214/igas.jpg) -SSB ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/2 "2000-09-14T00:06:42Z")
One that struck me as funny (apologies if someone has already thought of it): “The complete idiot’s guide to self-esteem” ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/3 "2000-09-14T00:14:29Z")
“The complete idiot’s guide to complete idiocy” ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/4 "2000-09-14T00:17:23Z")
How about “the complete idiot’s guild to internet pornography” Osip ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/5 "2000-09-14T00:28:40Z")
The Complete Idiot’s Guide For Dummies. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/6 "2000-09-14T00:51:07Z")
Here’s my link to silliness… [http://www.iantheterrible.com/rambles.cgi?date=1999.12.28](http://www.iantheterrible.com/rambles.cgi?date=1999.12.28) (the complete idiots guide for dummies) if you go out to _rambles_ you can read my addition to the rambles “John Watson Speaks” (my name is not really John Watson, but if you’re Wonko, it’s an appropriate and more normal sounding pseudonym). It also has a -very- silly story. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/7 "2000-09-14T00:52:57Z")
I think I did see a “Psychics for Dummies” once. I wonder what the Dummies people were presented in the way of credentials to allow to author to do the book? ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/8 "2000-09-14T01:01:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osip \* > \*\*How about “the complete idiot’s guild to internet pornography” > > Osip \*\* WTF?? There’s a GUILD now? Sheesh, I need to keep up with the porn world. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Brunetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Brunetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brunetter)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/9 "2000-09-14T01:11:19Z")
My husband always gets very annoyed when he sees this one (a real one): Sex for Dummies figuring if you’re dumb, you really shouldn’t be reproducing, and you don’t deserve to have orgasms either. ---
**Author:** ![Sith\_Sheriff\_Brody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@Sith\_Sheriff\_Brody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sith_Sheriff_Brody)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/10 "2000-09-14T02:37:18Z")
Bigger, so can read the jokes: [http://www.acmecity.com/thematrix/realworld/214/ig.jpg](http://www.acmecity.com/thematrix/realworld/214/ig.jpg) My brother suggested the Idiot’s Guide to Idiot’s Guides. -SSB ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/11 "2000-09-14T03:12:51Z")
“Bob for Dummies” An old joke for those who remember the late and unlamented program Microsoft Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Landsknecht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@Landsknecht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landsknecht)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/12 "2000-09-14T03:13:36Z")
How about: Breathing for Dummies The Complete Idiot’s Guide to toilet paper ---
**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:** [September 14, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/13 "2000-09-14T03:25:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sith Sheriff Brody \* > \*\* > > My brother suggested the Idiot’s Guide to Idiot’s Guides. > -SSB \*\* [http://www.iantheterrible.com/images/idiotsfordummies.gif](http://www.iantheterrible.com/images/idiotsfordummies.gif) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/14 "2000-09-14T03:25:53Z")
Idiots’s guide to reading. Weightlifting for dumbells. Paperclip for dummies. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/15 "2000-09-14T04:48:16Z")
Toothpicks for dummies. ---
**Author:** ![Mauve\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Mauve\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauve_Dog)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/16 "2000-09-14T07:03:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pweetman \* > \*\*One that struck me as funny (apologies if someone has already thought of it): > “The complete idiot’s guide to self-esteem” \*\* Actually, there really is one called “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Enhancing Self-Esteem.” ---
**Author:** ![nederlander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8e8cbc/32.png) [@nederlander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nederlander)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/17 "2000-09-14T07:13:26Z")
a good friend of mine in college had a copy of sex for dummies. it’s pretty well done, i thought. written i think entirely by dr. ruth. granted, it’s not something you can learn completely from a book, but it’ nice to hear another person’s thoughts on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/18 "2000-09-14T07:58:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Actually, there really is one called “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Enhancing Self-Esteem.” Damn! how about “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Stealing a Book Series Idea” ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/19 "2000-09-14T22:42:56Z")
“The Dummy’s Guide to Ventriloquists?” ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094/20 "2000-09-15T01:10:00Z")
Idiots Guide to Making Frozen Waffles Idiots guide to Watering Houseplants Idiots guide to using Tampons Idiots guide to Brushing Hair Idiots guide to Picking Toe-Jam Idiots guide to Scratch-N-Sniff Idiots guide to Wearing Socks Idiots guide to Blinking Complete Idiots guide to Masturbation I’m on a roll! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-idiots-guides/33094.md?page=2)