Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 20th December 2001

Dilbert//4632, first published 25 years ago on Thursday 20th December 2001

Tags

another cubicle office moving budget transfer to elbonia relocation budget budget is shot mail yourself home

Official transcript

The Boss says to Dilbert, "I want to move you to another cubicle but my office moving budget is shot."

The Boss continues, "So I'm going to transfer you to Elbonia and then back so I can use the relocation budget."

An Elbonian is on the phone. He relays a message to Dilbert: "He says the relocation budget is shot but you can mail yourself home."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I WANT TO MOVE YOU TO ANOTHER CUBICLE BUT MY OFFICE MOVING BUDGET IS SHOT.

SO I'M GOING TO TRANSFER YOU TO EL BONIA AND THEN BACK SO I CAN USE THE RELOCATION BUDGET.

HE SAYS THE RELOCATION BUDGET IS SHOT BUT YOU CAN MAIL YOURSELF HOME.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Relocation Budget"

Summary:

• The comic strip revolves around a character named Dilbert, who is transferred to Elbonia and must use the relocation budget to move.
• However, the budget is shot, leaving Dilbert with no funds to cover the costs of his move.
• In a humorous twist, Dilbert decides to mail himself home, using the relocation budget to pay for the postage.
• The punchline of the comic strip is that the relocation budget is not just for relocation, but also for mailing oneself home when necessary.

generated by llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct

Accompanying textual content, such as title, tags and transcripts, is shown here if we have it. Not every comic has all of these, and they seem to be a bit hit and miss even on the official website.