Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 21st December 1989

Dilbert//250, first published 37 years ago on Thursday 21st December 1989

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dilbert dogbert chainsaw weasel prune computer skipper

Official transcript

Dilbert sits at his desk working on his computer and Dogbert sits next to him. Dilbert says, "My computer has determined the funniest words in the world . . ."

Dilbert continues, "They include: chainsaw, weasel, prune and any reference to 'Gilligan's Island.' Now I can make my own jokes!"

Dilbert says to Dogbert, ". . . So then the skipper gets attacked by this prune-eating weasel with a chainsaw . . ."

Dogbert laughs.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MY COMPUTER HAS DETERMINED THE FUNNIEST WORDS IN THE WORLD...

THEY INCLUDE CHAINSAW, WEASEL, PRUNE AND ANY REFERENCE TO "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND." NOW I CAN MAKE MY OWN JOKES!

... SO THEN THE SKIPPER GETS ATTACKED BY THIS PRUNE-EATING WEASEL WITH A CHAINSAW...

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collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Gilligan's Island"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive hairstyle, sitting at his desk.
• He is engaged in a conversation with a dog, who is also seated at the desk.
• The conversation revolves around a computer that has generated the funniest words in the world, which include "chainsaw," "weasel," "prune," and a reference to "Gilligan's Island."
• Dilbert is excited to make his own jokes using these words.
• The punchline of the joke is that the skipper gets attacked by a prune-eating weasel with a chainsaw, which is a humorous and unexpected twist.

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