Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 12th September 1996

Dilbert//2707, first published thirty years ago on Thursday 12th September 1996

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hopeless losers pencil team building exercise union rlules

Official transcript

Alice, Dilbert, Wally and the Boss sit around a table. The Boss is sleeping. Alice yells, "It's hopeless! You're losers! We'll never make a sundial out of a pencil and an eaten donut!"

The janitor enters the room and says, "Hee hee! All you had to do was stick the pencil in the donut."

The janitor lies over the table with the pencil sticking out of his back. Dilbert says, "We just broke all kinds of union rules."

Wally says, "But hey! Look at the shadow from the pencil!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

TEAMBUILDING EXERCISE IT'S HOPELESS! YOU'RE LOSERS! WE'LL NEVER MAKE A SUNDIAL OUT OF A PENCIL AND AN EATEN DONUT!

zZZ HEE HEE! ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS STICK THE PENCIL IN THE DONUT.

WE JUST BROKE ALL KINDS OF UNION RULES.

BUT HEY!

LOOK AT THE SHADOW FROM THE PENCIL!

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AI Analysis

Title: "Team Building Exercise"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a team building exercise where a group of employees are instructed to make a sundial out of a pencil and an eaten donut. The exercise quickly devolves into chaos as the employees struggle to follow the instructions and disagreements arise. The boss, frustrated with the lack of progress, breaks all kinds of union rules and orders everyone to look at the shadow from the pencil, which is the only part of the donut that is still intact.

Key Points:

• The team building exercise is a failure
• The employees are unable to follow the instructions
• The boss breaks union rules to try and salvage the situation
• The only remaining part of the donut is the shadow from the pencil

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