Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 8th February 2000

Dilbert//3951, first published 26 years ago on Tuesday 8th February 2000

Tags

bury bury them dig eight patent ideas hiding literally not growing shivel intern free time appearences

Official transcript

The Boss tells Asok the Intern while examining some documents: "Wow! You've developed eight patentable ideas, Asok."

The Boss continues: "We'll have to bury them or else it will look like we have too much free time."

Digging in a field with a shovel, Asok the Intern says: "Then I said, 'Literally?' And then he said..."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WOW! YOU'VE DEVELOPED EIGHT PATENTABLE IDEAS, ASOK.

WE'LL HAVE TO BURY THEM OR ELSE IT WILL LOOK LIKE WE HAVE TOO MUCH FREE TIME.

THIN RALLYO AND THEN HE SAID.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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