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For Suzanne, Mum and Dad

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How is it that a man who holds the beliefs that ‘the Chinese don’t age well’ and that ‘gays go out too late’ can be so likeable?

Because he’s an idiot.

He says what he thinks without malice – it’s just that he doesn’t think before he says it.

Received wisdom says there’s a fine line between a genius and an idiot. Not true. Karl’s an idiot, plain and simple. Very simple. Some people have proclaimed him a genius, but they’re idiots.

I first met Karl when Steve and I were hosting a radio show. We needed someone to press the buttons and they gave us Karl. The first time he opened his mouth it was like we’d discovered a magic lamp.

This book contains some of the beliefs and theories that have cropped up in conversations between myself, Steve Merchant and Karl over the years.

Is Karl an idiot? I’ll keep out of it. You make your own mind up.

But if you think he’s a genius, you’re an idiot.

Ricky Gervais

London, June 2006