Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 27th December 2001

Dilbert//4639, first published 25 years ago on Thursday 27th December 2001

Tags

dogbert eat for a day fish ugly hat you're consultant animals

Official transcript

Headline: Dogbert Consults. Dogbert says to The Boss, "If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day."

Dogbert continues, "But if you teach a man to fish, he will buy an ugly hat."

Dogbert continues, "And if you talk about fish to a starving man then you're a consultant."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DOGBERT CONSULTS IF YOU GIVE A MAN A FISH HE WILL EAT FOR A DAY.

BUT IF YOU TEACH A MAN TO FISH HE WILL BUY AN UGLY HAT.

AND IF YOU TALK ABOUT FISH TO A STARVING MAN THEN YOU'RE A CONSULTANT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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