Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 21st January 1992

Dilbert//1011, first published 34 years ago on Tuesday 21st January 1992

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dogbert dilbert execute stock transactions pc insider sixty million slapping rolled newspaper

Official transcript

Dogbert stands at a desk and works on a computer as Dilbert watches from behind. Dogbert says, "I can execute my stock transactions on-line with the PC."

Dogbert stops typing and says, "There . . . My insider trading netted another sixty million dollars."

Dilbert shakes his finger at Dogbert and says, "Bad dog!"

Dilbert turns toward the reader and says, "I suppose it's too late to try slapping him with a rolled-up newspaper."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I CAN EXECUTE MY STOCK TRANSACTIONS ONLINE WITH THE PC.

THERE... MY INSIDER TRADING NETTED ANOTHER SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS.

BAD DOG!

I SUPPOSE IT'S TOO LATE TO TRY SLAPPING HIM WITH A ROLLED- UP NEWSPAPER.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Insider Trading"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a white dog, and his boss, a human, in a humorous exchange.
• Dilbert's boss is depicted as being overly aggressive in his business dealings, including insider trading.
• The punchline of the comic strip is that Dilbert's boss is too late to try slapping him with a rolled-up newspaper, implying that Dilbert has already been punished for his actions.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of insider trading and the consequences that come with it.

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