Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 23rd October 2001

Dilbert//4574, first published 25 years ago on Tuesday 23rd October 2001

Tags

accounting trolls explination budget season spit on data 95% spit finance trolls underground beneath the earth

Official transcript

Headline: Accounting Trolls. Dilbert hands the trolls a piece of paper and says, "I need an explanation for these numbers."

A troll responds, "This is budget season so I will spit on your data and send you away."

Dilbert says, "That doesn't sound too bad."

While one troll accumulates his spit, the other replies, "Our bodies are 95% made of spit."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ACCOUNTING TROLLS I NEED AN EXPLANATION FOR THESE NUMBERS.

THIS IS BUDGET SEASON SO I WILL SPIT ON YOUR DATA AND SEND YOU AWAY.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND TOO BAD.

OUR BODIES ARE 95% MADE OF SPIT.

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