Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 12th April 2001

Dilbert//4380, first published 25 years ago on Thursday 12th April 2001

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pristine beauty elbonia see first protestors stop drilling signs protesting drilling beauty health

Official transcript

The boss is facing protesters who are carrying signs with a peace sign and a slogan, "Stop Drilling."

A protester says, "You're ruining the pristine beauty of Elbonia!"

The boss holds up a picture of a barren tree. The boss says, "This is a picture of pristine Elbonia."

The protesters are putting the signs in the trunk of a car. A female protester says, "..And then you said, 'It doesn't matter if we see it first.' Then I said..."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU'RE RUINING THE PRISTINE BEAUTY OF ELBONIA!

STOP DRILLING THIS IS A PICTURE OF PRISTINE ELBONIA.

... AND THEN YOU SAID, "IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE SEE IT FIRST." THEN I SAID..

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