Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 2nd March 2000

Dilbert//3974, first published 26 years ago on Thursday 2nd March 2000

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files hid files skeleton babe home wrecker

Official transcript

Asok peers into a closet with lots of janitorial supplies and in the middle of which is a tall stack of files. He thinks: "I have found where Ted hid his files before he quit."

Inside the closet he also finds a skeleton. He thinks: "A skeleton! I know what I must do."

Asok is in his cubicle. He has placed the skeleton, who is now wearing the threads of a mop as a hairpeice, in a chair next to him. Asok is busy with his computer. Wally asks Asok: "Who's the babe?"

Asok warns Wally: "Stay away homewrecker."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I HAVE FOUND WHERE TED HID HIS FILES BEFORE HE QUIT.

A SKELETON!

I KNOW WHAT I l MUST DO.

WHO'S THE BABE?

STAY ALAY, HOME - WRECKER.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "A Skeleton in the Closet"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a green shirt and tie, who is on a mission to find his missing files.
• He is shown searching through a filing cabinet, accompanied by his trusty sidekick, a dog.
• As he searches, he encounters a skeleton, which he initially mistakes for a fellow worker named Ted.
• However, upon closer inspection, he realizes it is indeed a skeleton and decides to take action.
• The strip ends with Dilbert confidently declaring, "I know what I must do," while the skeleton looks on in surprise.
• The humor in the strip comes from the unexpected twist of finding a skeleton in the filing cabinet and Dilbert's deadpan reaction to it.

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