Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 21st August 1989

Dilbert//128, first published 37 years ago on Monday 21st August 1989

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dogbert dilbert books self-help shoppers

Official transcript

Dogbert stands on a desk chair typing. Dilbert looks over his shoulder and asks, "What are you writing?"

Dogbert replies, "It's my new self-help book for compulsive shoppers."

Dilbert asks, "What do YOU know about compulsive shoppers?"

Dogbert replies, "I know they buy a lot of books."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHAT ARE YOU WRITING ?

IT'S MY NEW SELF-HELP BOOK FOR COMPULSIVE SHOPPERS.

CLICK CLICK CLICK WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT COMPULSIVE SHOPPERS?

I KNOW THEY BUY A LOT OF BOOKS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Compulsive Shoppers"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled office worker, engaging in a conversation with his boss about writing.
• Dilbert reveals that he is working on a new self-help book for compulsive shoppers.
• The boss expresses curiosity about compulsive shoppers, and Dilbert responds by stating that he knows they buy a lot of books.
• The comic strip humorously highlights the irony of a self-help book being written by someone who is likely struggling with the same issue they are trying to address.

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