Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 13th January 1996

Dilbert//2464, first published thirty years ago on Saturday 13th January 1996

Tags

shared laser printer apollo space mission wally invented cursor

Official transcript

Wally presses a button on his keyboard and thinks, "Gotta hurry. One . . . two . . . three . . ."

Wally runs out of his cubicle and thinks, "I have twelve seconds to get to the shared laser printed."

As Wally peers around the corner, Alice and Dilbert stand at the printer reading copies of Wally's resume. Alice says, "Guess who saved the Apollo 13 space mission."

Dilbert says, "Did you know that Wally invented the cursor?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

GOTTA HURRY.

ONE... TWO THREE..

CLICK I HAVE TWELVE SECONDS TO GET TO THE SHARED LASER PRINTER.

GUESS WHO SAVED THE APOLLO 13 SPACE MISSION.

DID YOU KNOW THAT WALLY INVENTED THE CURSOR?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "The Apollo 13 Laser Printer"

Summary:

This comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a green tie, sitting at his desk, thinking, "Gotta hurry. One... two... three..." He then exclaims, "I have twelve seconds to get to the shared laser printer."

As he rushes out of his office, he encounters Wally, another character, who asks, "Guess who saved the Apollo 13 space mission?" Wally then reveals that he invented the cursor, causing Dilbert to exclaim, "Did you know that Wally invented the cursor?"

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of Wally's claim and the mundane office setting, poking fun at the idea that someone would invent a cursor in a space mission. The strip showcases the typical office dynamics, with Dilbert's urgency and Wally's eccentricity, creating a lighthearted and entertaining scene.

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