Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 9th October 1990

Dilbert//542, first published 36 years ago on Tuesday 9th October 1990

Tags

dilbert absence mother nature absence dog cloned sick woman employee leave of absence

Official transcript

Dilbert sits at his desk. A woman says, "Dilbert, I need to fill out an absence report for the days you missed work."

Dilbert replies, "Well, Mother Nature got mad and had wild deer kill me. But my garbage man and my dog cloned me back to life."

The woman says, "I'll put 'sick.'"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

, I NEED TO FILL OUT AN ABSENCE REPORT FOR THE DAYS YOU MISSED WORK.

WELL, MOTHER NATURE GOT MAD AND HAD WILD DEER KILL ME. BUT MY GARBAGE MAN AND MY DOG CLONED ME BACK TO LIFE.

I'LL PUT "SICK."

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Sick Day"

Summary:

• The comic strip depicts Dilbert's mother visiting his workplace to fill out an absence report.
• She claims that her dog, garbage man, and wild deer have cloned her, leading to her current illness.
• The punchline is that Dilbert's mother is feigning illness to avoid work.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of people using creative excuses to get out of work.

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