Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 18th February 1991

Dilbert//674, first published 35 years ago on Monday 18th February 1991

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dilbert gravity formula drink fly famous people shower praise admiration attention pathetic bid dogbert

Official transcript

Dilbert sits at a table and yells as a test tube flies out of his hands, "It works!! My anti-gravity formula works!!!"

Dilbert continues, "If I drink it, I'll be able to fly! I'll be famous. People will shower me with praise and admiration!!"

Dilbert sits on the wall over the television and says to Dogbert, "Notice anything?"

Dogbert replies, "A pathetic bid for attention?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

IT WORKS!! MY ANTIGRAVITY FORMULA WORKS!!!

IF I DRINK IT, I'LL BE ABLE TO FLY! I'LL BE FAMOUS. PEOPLE WILL SHOWER ME WITH PRAISE AND ADMIRATION !!

NOTICE ANYTHING?

A PATHETIC BID FOR ATTENTION?

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AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Anti-Gravity Formula"

Summary:

The comic strip follows Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a white shirt and red tie, as he enthusiastically shares his newly discovered anti-gravity formula. He proudly declares, "IT WORKS!! MY ANTI-GRAVITY FORMULA WORKS!!!" and confidently states, "IF I DRINK IT, I'LL BE ABLE TO FLY!" However, his excitement is short-lived as he realizes that people will shower him with praise and admiration.

In the second panel, Dilbert is seen drinking the formula, and in the third panel, he is depicted flying above the ground. A coworker, sitting at a desk, looks up at him in awe and asks, "NOTICE ANYTHING?" The punchline is that the coworker is distracted by Dilbert's flying and fails to notice anything else. The final panel features a dog sitting at the desk, looking up at Dilbert with a puzzled expression, and the coworker asks, "A PATRIOTIC BID FOR ATTENTION!" The comic strip humorously pokes fun at the idea of someone discovering a revolutionary formula and seeking attention for it.

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