Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 17th December 1989

Dilbert//246, first published 37 years ago on Sunday 17th December 1989

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dilbert phone answering machine greeting message demonstration dogbert demonstrating

Official transcript

Dilbert tells Dogbert, "I bought a phone answering machine."

Dogbert asks, "Was the phone asking you questions you couldn't answer on your own?"

Dilbert says, "The hard part is thinking of a greeting message."

Dilbert says into the answering machine, "Hi. This is Dilbert. I'm not here right now."

Dilbert says, "Well, technically I am here 'now' . . ."

Dilbert says, "But 'now' is a relative term, so use your best judgment in deciding whether I'm here."

Dilbert says, "Hmm . . . That was actually a creative little message."

Dogbert says, "Demonstrating, once again, that subtle difference between creativity and complex stupidity."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I BOUGHT A PHONE ANSWERING MACHINE WAS THE PHONE ASKING YOU QUESTIONS YOU COULDN'T ANSWER ON YOUR OWN?

THE HARD PART IS THINKING OF A GREETING MESSAGE.

HI. THIS IS DILBERT. I'M NOT HERE RIGHT NOW." WELL, TECHNICALLY I AM HERE NOW' BUT 'NOW' IS A RELATIVE TERM, SO USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT IN DIC HERE WHETHER HMM...THAT WAS ACTUALLY A CREATIVE LITTLE MESSAGE.

DEMONSTRATING, ONCE AGAIN, THAT SUBTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CREATIVITY AND COMPLEX STUPIDITY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Now"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive appearance, standing at a desk and speaking into a phone. He is engaged in a conversation with a person on the other end of the line, who is asking him to repeat himself because they couldn't hear him properly.

Dilbert responds by saying, "I bought a phone answering machine." The person on the other end asks if the phone is asking him questions he couldn't answer on his own. Dilbert replies, "Was the phone asking you questions you couldn't answer on your own?"

The conversation continues with Dilbert using the phrase "now" as a relative term to justify his decision to use it in his response. He explains that "now" is a creative little message that demonstrates the subtle difference between creativity and complex stupidity.

The comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of modern technology and the way people interact with it. It highlights the challenges of communication in the digital age and the often humorous results that can arise from misunderstandings and miscommunications.

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