Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 5th November 1995

Dilbert//2395, first published 31 years ago on Sunday 5th November 1995

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worked all night presentation package date on page color transparencies no reason to date clutter page dumb idea by boss no calendars brain exploded february 30th

Official transcript

Dilbert stands in front of the Boss's desk and says, "I worked all night but I finished the presentation package you wanted."

The Boss looks at a transparency and says, "Put the presentation date on each page."

Dilbert says, "Those are color transparencies. It would take hours and cost hundreds of dollars to reprint them."

Dilbert continues, "There's no reason to date them. In fact, it would limit future use and clutter the page."

Dilbert continues, "But since you're incapable of admitting error . . ."

Dilbert bows and continues, "I eagerly await your bizarre, other-worldly explanation for putting the date on each page."

The Boss says, "Some people might not have calendars and we have to make sure it's not a holiday."

There is an explosion. A cloud of smoke hovers where Dilbert's head should be. Dilbert says, "Ouch. My brain exploded."

The Boss says, "The first presentation is February 30th . . ."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I WORKED ALL NIGHT BUT I FINISHED THE PRESENTATION PACKAGE YOU WANTED.

PUT THE PRESENTATION DATE ON EACH PAGE.

THOSE ARE COLOR TRANSPARENCIES.

IT WOULD TAKE HOURS AND COST HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPRINT THEM THERE'S NO REASON TO DATE THEM. IN FACT, IT WOULD LIMIT FUTURE USE AND CLUTTER THE PAGE.

BUT SINCE YOU'RE INCAPABLE OF ADMITTING ERROR I EAGERLY AWAIT YOUR BIZARRE, OTHERWORLDLY EXPLANATION FOR PUTTING THE DATE ON EACH PAGE.

SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE CALENDARS.

AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT A HOLIDAY.

BAM!

OUCH. MY BRAIN EXPLODED.

THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS FEBRUARY ...

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Color Transparencies"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with black hair, sitting at a desk in an office setting. He is engaged in a conversation with a coworker, who is also seated at a desk.

Key Points:

• Dilbert has worked all night to complete a presentation package, but the coworker requests that he put the presentation date on each page.
• The coworker explains that color transparencies take hours and cost hundreds of dollars to reprint, and that there is no reason to date them.
• Dilbert is frustrated and points out that the first presentation is scheduled for February 30th, which is not a holiday.
• The coworker's response is incoherent, and Dilbert's brain explodes.

Overall:

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of office bureaucracy and the frustration that can come with it.

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