Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 11th June 1996
Dilbert//2614, first published thirty years ago on Tuesday 11th June 1996
Tags
new company logo brown ring quality
Official transcript
The Boss, Alice, Dogbert and Dilbert sit at a conference table. The Boss says, "The Dogbert Consulting Company will help us design a new company logo."
Dogbert drinks a cup of coffee. The Boss asks, "When will you start?"
Dogbert turns the empty coffee mug upside down on a piece of paper and says, "I just finished. I call it the brown ring of quality."
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
THE DOGBERT CONSULTING COMPANY WILL HELP US DESIGN A NEW COMPANY LOGO.
GLUG GLUG GLUG WHEN WILL YOU START?
I JUST FINISHED.
I CALL IT THE BROWN RING OF QUALITY.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
The comic strip is titled "The Dogbert Consulting Company Will Help Us Design a New Company Logo."
Summary:
The comic strip features a meeting between a company executive and Dogbert, the company's consultant. The executive asks Dogbert to design a new company logo, and Dogbert responds with a series of nonsensical phrases, including "Glug glug glug" and "I call it the brown ring of quality." The executive is confused by Dogbert's responses and asks when the logo will be finished. Dogbert replies that he is just getting started and will call it the brown ring of quality.
Key Points:
- The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of corporate consultants who promise to deliver high-quality work but ultimately produce something meaningless.
- The use of nonsensical phrases and absurd language adds to the humor and satire of the comic strip.
- The comic strip highlights the absurdity of corporate culture and the tendency for companies to prioritize style over substance.
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