Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 15th January 1991

Dilbert//640, first published 35 years ago on Tuesday 15th January 1991

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dogbert pride museum strange amazing cauliflower breakfast marylin dan quayle

Official transcript

Dogbert leads a tour group. He says, "This next exhibit is the pride of 'Dogbert's Museum of the Strange and Amazing.'"

A man holds his child up to see an exhibit that is labeled "Dan Quayle's Brain."

The man says, "It looks like a little piece of cauliflower."

The child eats the cauliflower and his father says, "Sorry, we should have stopped for breakfast . . ."

Dogbert says, "What am I going to tell Marilyn?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THIS NEXT EXHIBIT IS THE PRIDE OF "DOGBERT'S MUSEUM OF THE STRANGE AND AMAZING." IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE PIECE OF CAULIFLOWER.

DAN QUAYLE'S BRAIN SORRY. WE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED FOR BREAKFAST...

CHOMP CHOMP WHAT AM I GOING TO TELL MARILYN ?

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AI Analysis

The title of this comic strip is "Dan Quayle's Brain."

Panel 1 A family is visiting a museum exhibit featuring a sign that reads, "This next exhibit is the pride of 'Dogbert's Museum of the Strange and Amazing.'" The father is holding his son, who is looking at a display case containing a cauliflower. The mother is looking at the sign.

Panel 2 The father says, "It looks like a little piece of cauliflower." The mother responds, "Dan Quayle's brain."

Panel 3 The father says, "Sorry, we should have stopped for breakfast..." The son chomps on his father's shoulder, and the father asks, "What am I going to tell Marilyn?"

Summary The comic strip is a humorous take on the idea of a museum exhibit featuring a cauliflower as Dan Quayle's brain. The punchline relies on the unexpected twist of the cauliflower being displayed as a brain, and the father's reaction to his son's comment. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of a museum exhibit featuring a mundane object like a cauliflower, and the absurdity of the situation.

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