Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 18th January 1991

Dilbert//643, first published 35 years ago on Friday 18th January 1991

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dogbert museum amazing engineer computer induced trance ten cents dollar

Official transcript

Dogbert approaches Dilbert sitting at a desk. Dogbert says to the man and woman following him, "This exhibit is the pride of 'Dogbert's Museum of the Strange and Amazing.'"

Dogbert continues, "This is an engineer, deep in a computer-induced trance and oblivious to his environment."

Dogbert holds out a container of balls and says, "You can bop him in the back of his head with whiffle balls for ten cents a throw."

The man gets out his wallet and says, "Gimme a dollar's worth."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THIS EXHIBIT IS THE PRIDE OF "DOGBERT'S MUSEUM OF THE STRANGE AND AMAZING." THIS IS AN ENGINEER, DEEP IN A COMPUTER- INDUCED TRANCE AND OBLIVIOUS TO HIS ENVIRONMENT.

-11 YOU CAN BOP HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WITH WHIFFLE BALLS FOR TEN CENTS A THROW.

GIMME A DOLLAR'S WORTH.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Pride of Dogbert's Museum"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dogbert, an engineer, showcasing his creation, a computer-induced trance, to an audience at his museum. The scene is humorous, with Dogbert using the machine to induce a trance in a man, who is then forced to listen to whiffle ball-related comments. The comic strip is a lighthearted commentary on the quirks of modern technology and the eccentricities of its creators.

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