Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 8th March 1999

Dilbert//3614, first published 27 years ago on Monday 8th March 1999

Tags

boss can't understand hire rodeo clown engineer smells like hay fifty percent data network engineer engineering

Official transcript

A man in a dirty shirt says, to the boss, "Mwa fwa fwa ooh mah fuh."

The boss says, "I can't understands a word you say."

The boss says, "And your poorly dressed. You must be some sort of technology expert. Or a rodeo clown."

The boss introduces dirty guy to Alice. The boss says, "There's a fifty percent chance I hired a data network engineer."

Alice says, "I smell hay."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MWA FWA FWA OOH MAH FUH.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD YOU SAY.

AND YOU'RE POORLY DRESSED. YOU MUST BE SOME SORT OF TECHNOLOGY EXPERT.

OR A RODEO CLOWN THERE'S A FIFTY PERCENT CHANCE I HIRED A DATA NETWORK ENGINEER.

I SMELL HAY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Tech Expert"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in 1999, features a humorous exchange between a man and a woman. The man, dressed poorly, claims to be a technology expert, but the woman is skeptical.

• The man boasts about his ability to understand complex words, but the woman points out that he is poorly dressed and must be a rodeo clown or a data network engineer.
• The man responds by saying there's a fifty percent chance he hired a data network engineer, and the woman smells hay.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of self-proclaimed experts and the challenges of communication in the tech industry.

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