Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 3rd December 1993

Dilbert//1693, first published 33 years ago on Friday 3rd December 1993

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dogbert the boss business meeting fitness money

Official transcript

Dogbert stands on a chair across from the Boss's desk. The Boss says, "Congratulations, Mister Dogbert. You submitted the lowest bid for creating our corporate fitness program."

The Boss continues, "The other bidders wanted money. You're the only one who offered to do it just for the laughs."

The Boss continues, "Although I don't see what's so funny about it."

Dogbert replies, "Engineers . . . Aerobics . . . Think about it."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CONGRATULATIONS, MISTER DOGBERT. YOU SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID FOR CREATING OUR CORPORATE FITNESS PROGRAM.

THE OTHER BIDDERS ANTED MONEY.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO OFFERED TO DO IT JUST FOR THE LAUGHS.

ALTHOUGH I DON'T SEE WHAT'S 50 FUNNY ABOUT IT.

ENGINEERS...

AEROBICS...

THINK ABOUT IT.

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AI Analysis

Title: "Corporate Fitness Program"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled and beset office worker, and his boss, Dogbert, who is also the company's CEO. The strip begins with Dogbert congratulating Dilbert on submitting the lowest bid for creating a corporate fitness program. However, Dogbert reveals that he has no intention of actually implementing the program and instead plans to use it as a means to humiliate and mock the engineers in the company.

The punchline of the strip comes when Dogbert announces that he will be hiring engineers to participate in the program, despite their protests that they are not interested in aerobics. Dogbert's response is to say that he doesn't see what's so funny about it, implying that he finds the idea of engineers engaging in physical activity to be amusing.

Overall, the strip pokes fun at the stereotype that engineers are not physically fit and that they are often seen as being out of touch with reality. It also highlights the absurdity of Dogbert's plan to use the fitness program as a means to humiliate and mock his employees.

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