Bob Fenster ha avuto l'idea originale di raccogliere in questo libro spassoso le idiozie, gli spropositi, le insensatezze dette o compiute da persone di ogni etą, per lo pił famose, in ogni parte del mondo. Un'antologia di scempiaggini che l'autore ha scritto con il dichiarato intento di farci sentire meglio, tanto pił intelligenti, infinitamente meno idioti, rispetto alla moltitudine di uomini politici, personaggi storici, illustri scrittori, stelle del cinema e leggende dello sport che hanno ispirato questo libro stravagante con le loro 'storiche', quanto imbarazzanti dichiarazioni.

Never kiss a rattlesnake. Put on the parachute before jumping from the plane. Don't bring your dog along if you're going to rob a bank. These seem like obvious enough strategies but, unfortunately, we seem to be a race of rattlesnake kissers.

Duh! The Stupid History of the Human Race is a hilarious collection of the stupid things that people do-even the really smart people. 'Part 1: The Stupid Chronicles' details the unbelievably idiotic things people have done, organized by such topics as politics, history, sports, arts, science, and dumb plays in the face of fate. 'Part 2: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Stupidity but Were Too Smart to Ask' looks at the track record of human stupidity in all its dumb glory. And 'Part 3: How to Destupify' offers tongue-in-cheek advice on how to avoid ending up in a future edition of the book.