Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 16th July 1997

Dilbert//3014, first published 29 years ago on Wednesday 16th July 1997

Tags

babbled boss meeting appointment office blah blah can't shut up business

Official transcript

Asok the intern sits on a couch and the Boss sits in a chair. Asok holds a paper. The Boss gestures and says, "Blah, blah, blah."

Asok thinks, "I only have thirty minutes and he's babbled for twenty-eight."

Asok thinks, "It took three weeks to get on his calendar. My only hope is to send esp messages for him to shut up."

Asok presses his hands to his temples, shuts his eyes tightly and thinks, "Shut up,"

over and over. He's sweating. The Boss continues to say, "Blah, blah, blah."

Carol, the Boss's secretary, says to Asok, "Nice try, but it's time for his next filibuster."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I ONLY HAVE THIRTY MINUTES AND HE'S BABBLED FOR TWENTY-EIGHT.

BLAH BLAH BLAM IT TOOK THREE WEEKS TO GET ON HIS CALENDAR.

MY ONLY HOPE IS TO SEND ESP MESSAGES FOR HIM TO SHUT UP.

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP NICE TRY, BUT IT'S TIME FOR HIS NEXT FILIBUSTER.

BLAH BLAM BLAH

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The comic strip is titled "Filibuster" and features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a square head and a brown suit, sitting in a meeting room with his boss and another employee.

The Storyline

• Dilbert's boss has only thirty minutes to discuss the company's calendar, which has taken three weeks to prepare.
• Dilbert is frustrated by his boss's lack of preparation and suggests sending an email to "shut up" instead of wasting time on the calendar.
• The boss agrees, but the other employee objects, saying it's not nice to try to shut up someone who is trying to filibuster.

The Humor

• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of a filibuster, a parliamentary procedure in which a member of Congress talks at length to delay or block a vote.
• In this case, the boss is using the term to describe his own inability to focus and make decisions.
• The humor comes from the absurdity of the situation and the way Dilbert's boss tries to justify his lack of preparation by using a political term out of context.

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