Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 6th January 2000

Dilbert//3918, first published 26 years ago on Thursday 6th January 2000

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data miner eureka! correclation vacation telecommute expense vouchers vouchers out sick

Official transcript

The data miner: The boss is sitting down and Dogbert is on top of the table wearing a hard hat with the light on and hitting a laptop with a stonecutter's hammer. Dogbert says: "Eureka! I found a correlation."

Dogbert says to the boss: "When you're on vacation, all your employees telecommute."

The boss says: "They do?"

Dogbert says to the boss: "And 100% of all expense vouchers are signed when you're sick."

The boss answers: "We have vouchers?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE DATA MINER EUREKA! I FOUND A CORRELATION WHEN YOU'RE ON VACATION, ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES TELECOMMUTE.

THEY DO?

AND 100% OF ALL EXPENSE VOUCHERS ARE SIGNED WHEN YOU'RE OUT SICK.

WE HAVE VOUCHERS?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Vacation Vouchers"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled and balding man, sitting at his desk with a puzzled expression. His boss, a man with a mustache and a brown suit, is explaining that all employees are required to sign vacation vouchers when they are out sick. The boss then asks Dilbert if he has any vouchers, to which Dilbert responds that he has "vouchers" - a play on words referencing the fact that he is on vacation.

The punchline of the joke is that Dilbert is taking advantage of the situation by claiming to have "vouchers" when in reality he is simply on vacation. The humor comes from the unexpected twist on the usual meaning of the word "vouchers" and the absurdity of the situation. The comic strip is a lighthearted commentary on the quirks of office life and the ways in which employees can find creative ways to get out of work.

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