Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 21st March 2000

Dilbert//3993, first published 26 years ago on Tuesday 21st March 2000

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from the future time machine invention stick finger hole

Official transcript

An older Dilbert with an oddly shaped head materializes in Dilberts cubicle. The future Dilbert says to Dilbert: "I am you from the future. Your time machine invention works."

Dilbert asks: "How does my head get like that?"

The future Dilbert points to a hole in a box that he wears at his chest and says: "Stick a finger in this hole."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ZZOOP!

I AM YOU FROM THE FUTURE. YOUR TIME MACHINE INVENTION WORKS.

HOW DOES MY HEAD GET LIKE THAT?

STICK A FINGER IN THIS HOLE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Time Machine"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic wit and technological expertise.
• In this strip, Dilbert discovers a time machine in his office and decides to test it out.
• He uses the time machine to travel back in time and meet his past self, who is still a baby.
• Dilbert is shocked to see his past self and asks how he got there.
• The baby Dilbert responds by sticking his finger in a hole in the time machine, causing it to malfunction and send Dilbert back to the present.
• The strip ends with Dilbert looking confused and frustrated, having learned a valuable lesson about the dangers of playing with time travel.

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