Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 19th October 1999

Dilbert//3839, first published 27 years ago on Tuesday 19th October 1999

Tags

reduce budget project is vital eliminate funny part

Official transcript

The Boss says to Alice, who is seated in her cubicle, "Every department was asked how it could reduce its budget by ten percent."

The Boss says, "Your project is vital to the future of the company, so I cleverly offered to eliminate it, knowing they couldn't accept."

The Boss says, "Now this is the funny part..."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

EVERY DEPARTMENT WAS ASKED HOW IT COULD REDUCE ITS BUDGET TEN PERCENT.

YOUR PROJECT IS VITAL TO THE FUTURE OF THE COMPANY, SO I CLEVERLY OFFERED TO ELIMINATE IT, KNOWING THEY COULDN'T .

NOW THIS IS THE FUNNY PART

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Budget Slasher"

Summary:

• The comic strip depicts a meeting where a department head is asked to reduce its budget by 10%.
• The department head cleverly suggests eliminating the project that is vital to the company's future, knowing it will not be accepted.
• The punchline is that the department head has successfully reduced the budget without actually cutting anything, as the project is deemed essential to the company's future.

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