Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 21st July 1990

Dilbert//462, first published 36 years ago on Saturday 21st July 1990

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calculating twenty percent fiften picture diner salad forks backs

Official transcript

Dilbert and Dogbert sit at a table in a restaurant. The waiter hands Dilbert the check and says, "I've taken the liberty of calculating a twenty-percent tip."

The server continues, "It's written on the back next to a picture of a smiling diner . . . A fifteen-percent tip is shown by the picture of a guilty-looking diner."

The waiter continues, "Below that is a picture of a diner and his dog with salad forks in their backs . . ."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF CALCULATING A TWENTY-PERCENT TIP.

IT'S WRITTEN ON THE BACK NEXT TO A PICTURE OF A SMILING DINER...

A FIFTEEN PERCENT TIP IS SHOWN BY THE PICTURE OF A GUILTY- LOOKING -: DINER.

BELOW THAT IS A PICTURE OF A DINER AND HIS DOG WITH SALAD FORKS IN THEIR BACKS ...

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AI Analysis

Title: "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words... or 15% of the Tip"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic wit and frustration with his job, at a diner with his dog Dogbert.
• Dilbert orders a salad and a picture of a diner, which he then shows to the waiter.
• The waiter is impressed by the picture and offers to write a 15% tip on the back, but Dilbert points out that the picture is of a different diner.
• The waiter is confused and asks if the picture is of the diner he is at, and Dilbert replies that it's not.
• The comic strip ends with the waiter writing a 15% tip on the back of the picture, despite it not being of the correct diner.

Themes:

• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea that a picture can be worth a thousand words, and that sometimes things aren't as they seem.
• It also highlights the absurdity of tipping culture and the potential for miscommunication between customers and waiters.

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