If there exists a universally recognized stereotype guaranteed to provoke laughter, pity and disgust in equal measure, then surely it must be the incompetent, impotent, hapless and feckless husband - and the hilarious The World's Stupidest Husbands celebrates them, one and all. Throughout history and in every guise, from Shakespeare's cuckolds to Homer from The Simpsons, the traditional perception of male supremacy has been subtly yet comprehensively deflated by the prick of the humour needle, skilfully wielded by legions of writers, poets, wits and entertainers - and not all of them women.