Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 15th May 1999

Dilbert//3682, first published 27 years ago on Saturday 15th May 1999

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completes portion project well engineered squadron idiots ruin marketing napping use ears coasters business

Official transcript

Dilbert types at his computer and thinks, "This completes my portion of the project."

Dilbert thinks, "This project is so well-engineered it would take a squadron of idiots to ruin it."

Caption: "Meanwhile in Marketing"

A stupid looking man dressed very sloppily says, "And when I'm napping, it is NOT okay to use my ears as coasters."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THIS COMPLETES MY PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT IS SO WELL-ENGINEERED IT WOULD TAKE A SQUADRON OF IDIOTS TO RUIN IT.

MEANWHILE IN MARKETING AND WHEN I'M NAPPING, IT IS NOT OKAY TO USE MY EARS AS COASTERS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Marketing Mayhem"

Summary:

• The comic strip follows Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a receding hairline, as he navigates a marketing meeting.
• He is shown thinking to himself, "This completes my portion of the project," indicating that he has finished his work.
• However, he soon realizes that his project is so well-engineered that it would take a squadron of idiots to ruin it.
• Meanwhile, in marketing, a man is shown saying, "And when I'm napping, it is not okay to use my ears as coasters."
• The comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of marketing meetings and the challenges of working with others who may not share the same level of intelligence or competence.

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