Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 10th November 1997
Dilbert//3131, first published 29 years ago on Monday 10th November 1997
Tags
cubicle police living organisms stack of paper
Official transcript
A policeman with a watchdog says to Wally, "I'm with the cubicle police. This is a safety violation. He points to a huge stack of papers. Wally says, "It's perfectly safe unless you tap it with a flashlight or a dog jumps on it."
The stack of paper collapses on the cop and his little dog, too. Dilbert says, "This plays right into my theory that cubicles are living organisms."
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
I'M WITH THE CUBICLE POLICE. THIS IS A SAFETY VIOLATION.
IT'S PERFECTLY SAFE UNLESS YOU TAP IT WITH A FLASHLIGHT OR A DOG JUMPS ON IT.
THIS PLAYS RIGHT INTO MY THEORY THAT CUBICLES ARE LIVING ORGANISMS.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
Title: "Cubicle Safety"
Summary:
The comic strip, originally published in the newspaper, features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic wit and observations about office life. In this strip, Dilbert is confronted by a safety inspector who is enforcing a strict rule against tapping on cubicles with flashlights or dogs.
The inspector explains that this is a "safety violation" and that it's "perfectly safe unless you tap it with a flashlight or a dog jumps on it." Dilbert, being his usual skeptical self, responds by pointing out the absurdity of the rule and the fact that cubicles are living organisms.
The punchline of the strip is that the inspector plays right into Dilbert's theory that cubicles are living organisms, and the strip ends with Dilbert triumphantly holding up his flashlight, ready to tap away. The humor in the strip comes from the absurdity of the situation and the way Dilbert uses his wit to outsmart the inspector.
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