Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 25th April 1989

Dilbert//10, first published 37 years ago on Tuesday 25th April 1989

Tags

embarrassment joke tuxedo

Official transcript

Dilbert is getting dressed and Dogbert sits on the bed watching him. Dilbert holds up a cummerbund and says, "I thought I had this tuxedo thing figured out, but what the heck is this?"

Dogbert replies, "Oh, that's the kumberbuzle. You wear it on your head like a sweatband."

Dogbert continues, "Then you clip your pens and pencils to the kumberbuzle."

Dilbert says, "Ah, that explains why the shirt has no pocket."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I THOUGHT I HAD THIS TUXEDO THING FIGURED OUT. BUT WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?

OH, TRATS THE RUMBER- BUZLE. YOU WEAR IT ON YOUR HEAD LIKE A SWEATBAND.

THEN YOU CLIP YOUR PENS AND PENCILS TO THE KUMBERBUZLE.

AH, THAT EXPLAINS WHY THE SHIRT HAS NO POCKET.

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AI Analysis

Title: "The Kumber-Buzzle Conundrum"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled and bespectacled character, in a humorous exchange with his boss, the Pointy-Haired Boss.

• Dilbert is perplexed by the Pointy-Haired Boss's attire, which includes a tuxedo and a Kumber-Buzzle, a fictional item that resembles a sweatband.
• The Pointy-Haired Boss explains that the Kumber-Buzzle is worn on the head, but Dilbert is skeptical.
• The Pointy-Haired Boss then demonstrates how to wear the Kumber-Buzzle by clipping his pens and pencils to it, which Dilbert finds absurd.
• The exchange ends with Dilbert expressing his confusion and the Pointy-Haired Boss remaining unbothered by Dilbert's skepticism.

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