Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 1st January 1998

Dilbert//3183, first published 28 years ago on Thursday 1st January 1998

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nobel prize committee theory pig layin nobel prize commitee otonphay ratbert

Official transcript

Dilbert is sitting on the couch. Ratbert says, "I submitted our garbage man's theory to the Nobel prize committee."

Ratbert says, "I hope I wrote the theory right. I don't know shorthand so I used pig latin to save time."

Nobel Prize Committee: Three guys with hair like Albert Einstein sit looking at papers. One says, "What's an "oton-phay"? A second guy says, "I love what you're doing with your hair."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I SUBMITTED OUR GARBAGE MAN'S THEORY TO THE NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE.

I HOPE I WROTE THE THEORY RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW SHORTHAND SO I USED PIG LATIN TO SAVE TIME.

NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE WHAT'S AN "OTON- PHAY"?

I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUR HAIR.

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