Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 12th September 1989

Dilbert//150, first published 37 years ago on Tuesday 12th September 1989

Tags

dogbert dilbert hawk beak mud swallow bald eagle birds disco

Official transcript

Dilbert and Dogbert crouch behind a bush and look through binoculars. Dogbert says, "Whoa! Looks like we got a pippin hawk, a prickly beak mud swallow, and a bald eagle."

Dilbert says, "Robin."

Dilbert asks, "How is it that you have spotted 1,700 exotic birds this morning, and all I have seen is one robin?"

Dogbert points and says, "Look! A monkey-faced disco hawk!!"

Dilbert asks, "Where?!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHOA! LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A PIPPIN HAWK, A PRICKLY BEAK MUD SWALLOW, AND A BALD EAGLE.

ROBIN.

HOW IS IT THAT YOU HAVE SPOTTED 1,700 EXOTIC BIRDS THIS MORNING, AND ALL I HAVE SEEN IS ONE ROBIN?

LOOK! A MONKEY-FACED DISCO HAWK!!

WHERE?!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The comic strip is titled "Dilbert" and was originally published in the newspaper on September 12, 1989.

Summary:

• Dilbert is on a bird-watching trip with his boss, who is using binoculars to look at birds.
• The boss claims to have spotted a Pippin Hawk, a Prickly Beak Mud Swallow, and a Bald Eagle.
• Dilbert is skeptical and asks how many birds his boss has seen that morning, to which the boss responds that he has seen one Robin.
• The boss then excitedly exclaims that he has spotted a Monkey-Faced Disco Hawk, which Dilbert finds ridiculous.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the boss's exaggerated claims and Dilbert's skepticism.

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