Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 2nd June 1991

Dilbert//778, first published 35 years ago on Sunday 2nd June 1991

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dilbert dogbert karate real life male daydream sequence tought nobody else

Official transcript

Dilbert and Dogbert sit in the chair watching tv. On the television program, there is a whack and someone grunts. Dogbert says, "On television you can knock a person out with one karate chop."

Dogbert continues, "Just think how useful that could be in real life."

The caption says, "Male daydream sequence."

Dilbert stands in a line thinking, "This movie line is too long."

Dogbert karate chops the man in front of him. Dogbert knocks down the next man in line. The first person in line screams as Dogbert knocks him down. Dogbert stands at the ticket booth. He thinks, "I'm glad nobody else thought of that first."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHACK!

UGH...

ON TELEVISION YOU CAN KNOCK A PERSON OUT WITH ONE KARATE CHOP.

JUST THINK HOW USEFUL THAT COULD BE IN REAL LIFE.

MALE DAYDREAM SEQUENCE THIS MOVIE LINE IS TOO LONG.

CHOP!

HUNH!

AREER!!

I'M GLAD NOBODY ELSE THOUGHT OF THAT FIRST.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The comic strip is titled "Male Daydream Sequence" and features a man daydreaming about a karate chop, followed by a series of humorous and absurd scenarios.

Panel 1: The Man's Daydream

• The man is sitting in a chair, looking bored.
• He thinks to himself, "On television you can knock a person out with one karate chop."
• The man imagines himself using karate to knock someone out.

Panel 2: The Karate Chop

• The man imagines himself using karate to knock someone out.
• The person he is trying to knock out is standing in front of him, looking unimpressed.
• The man uses a powerful karate chop, but it has no effect on the person.

Panel 3: The Movie Line

• The man is now standing in a movie theater line, waiting to buy tickets.
• He thinks to himself, "This movie line is too long."
• The man imagines himself using karate to knock out the people in front of him, allowing him to skip to the front of the line.

Panel 4: The Karate Chop (Again)

• The man imagines himself using karate to knock out the people in front of him.
• The people he is trying to knock out are standing in front of him, looking unimpressed.
• The man uses a powerful karate chop, but it has no effect on the people.

Panel 5: The Movie Line (Again)

• The man is still standing in the movie theater line, waiting to buy tickets.
• He thinks to himself, "I'm glad nobody else thought of that first."
• The man imagines himself using karate to knock out the people in front of him, allowing him to skip to the front of the line.

Panel 6: The Karate Chop (Again)

• The man imagines himself using karate to knock out the people in front of him.
• The people he is trying to knock out are standing in front of him, looking unimpressed.
• The man uses a powerful karate chop, but it has no effect on the people.

Panel 7: The Movie Line (Again)

• The man is still standing in the movie theater line, waiting to buy tickets.
• He thinks to himself, "This movie line is too long."
• The man imagines himself using karate to knock out the people in front of him, allowing him to skip to the front of the line.

Panel 8: The Karate Chop (Again)

• The man imagines himself using karate to knock out the people in front of him.
• The people he is trying to knock out are standing in front of him, looking unimpressed.
• The man uses a powerful karate chop, but it has no effect on the people.

Panel 9: The Movie Line (Again)

• The man is still standing in the movie theater line, waiting to buy tickets.
• He thinks to himself, "I'm glad nobody else thought of that first."
• The man imagines himself using karate to knock out the people in front of him, allowing him to skip to the front of the line.

Overall, the comic strip is a humorous commentary on the absurdity of daydreams and the power of imagination. It pokes fun at the idea that we often imagine ourselves in situations where we have more control or power than we actually do.

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