Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 3rd October 1989

Dilbert//171, first published 37 years ago on Tuesday 3rd October 1989

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dilbert dogbert devil lettuce kitchen rationalization

Official transcript

Dilbert stands in the kitchen looking at a grocery receipt and thinking, "Looks like they under-charged me twelve cents on the lettuce."

Dilbert thinks, "I should go back and give them the twelve cents. But I'm sure they would tell me to keep it for being so honest."

Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light and the Ruler of Heck, shows up at the door and says to Dogbert, ". . . I have a report of a flimsy rationalization in progress."

Dogbert says, "Try the kitchen."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

LOOKS LIKE THEY UNDERCHARGED ME TWELVE CENTS ON THE LETTUCE.

5HOP.

I SHOULD GO BACK AND GIVE THEM THE TWELVE CENTS.

BUT I'M SURE THEY WOULD TELL IT FOR BEING SO HONEST.

...I HAVE A REPORT OF A FLIMSY RATIONALIZATION IN PROGRESS.

TRY THE KITCHEN.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Under-Charged"

Summary:

The comic strip follows Dilbert, a bespectacled office worker, as he attempts to rectify an undercharge on his lettuce purchase. After being informed by a shop assistant that they are "flimsy rationalization" in progress, Dilbert becomes increasingly frustrated. He decides to try the kitchen, where he encounters a red devil and a white imp engaged in a heated argument. The devil is attempting to rationalize his actions, while the imp is trying to reason with him. The comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of the situation and the flaws in human reasoning.

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