You knew it had to come along some time. Too bad the wait was hardly worth it.

Jumping on the “whathaveyou’s little instruction book” bandwagon comes Satan’s Little Instruction Book by Carmine DeSena.

Beginning the warm fuzzy craze was Life’s Little Instruction Book which offered bits of wisdom from a father to his departing son.

Now, book stores are stocked with the gift booklets that have become as personalized as The Golfer’s Little Instruction Book.

Chalk it up to too much of a bad thing, but adding to the borage of pint size paperbacks is this totally humorless look at “devilisms.”

Taking the easy way out, DeSena acquits himself of all wrongdoing by stating, on the first page nonetheless, that his book is a “collection of all those evil thoughts we have, but are smart enough to keep to ourselves…I would never suggest that you actually do them.”

Well, ignoring his own advice, DeSena shares his thoughts that are unimaginitive and trite. Case in point: Devilims for use by dental patients. “Announce in the waiting room you heard the dentist doesn’t clean his tools.”

Boy, that’s original. But wait, the laughs just keep on rolling. Devilisms for use by husbands: “Don’t lift the toilet seat and, most important, don’t aim.”

If the witless “devilisms” just aren’t enough, DeSena adds bonus naughties for the reader to think about. The list called Hellish Holidays I offers suggestions for holidays like Lincoln’s birthday: “have a theater party,” and Groundhog Day, “break out the lawn mower.”

The former stand-up comedian turned humor writer misses the the target with each moronic devilism he launches. You’d get better entertainment reading the menu at McDonald’s.

Perhaps a self-fulling prophecy, the book ends with Devilisms to use on authors: “Tell them your favorite part of their book is the cover.”

Satan’s Little Instruction Book is available from Doubleday for $6.95.