Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 18th October 2002

Dilbert//4934, first published 24 years ago on Friday 18th October 2002

Tags

latest assignment impossible slow speed of light perfect art human cloing eliminate garvity stop the sun reanimate dead impossible tasks change the world nature

Official transcript

Dilbert hands a piece of paper to The Garbageman and asks, "Does my latest assignment look impossible?"

The Garbageman reads the paper and replies, "Let's see... You'd need to slow the speed of light, and perfect the art of human cloning..."

Dilbert asks, "So there's hope?"

The Garbageman responds, "Eliminate gravity, stop the sun, reanimate the dead."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DOES MY LATEST ASSIGNMENT LOOK IMPOSSIBLE?

LET'S SEE... YOU'D NEED TO SLOW THE SPEED OF LIGHT, AND PERFECT THE ART OF HUMAN CLONING...

SO THERE'S HOPE?

ELIMINATE GRAVITY, STOP THE SUN, REANIMATE THE DEAD.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The title of this comic strip is "Perfect the Art of Human Cloning".

Panel 1: A man asks Dilbert if his latest assignment looks impossible. Dilbert replies that it does.

Panel 2: Dilbert shows the man a piece of paper and says, "Let's see... you'd need to slow the speed of light, and perfect the art of human cloning..."

Panel 3: The man responds, "So there's hope? Eliminate gravity, stop the sun, re-animate the dead..."

Summary: The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of a seemingly impossible task by exaggerating the requirements to complete it. The man's response is an over-the-top reaction to Dilbert's suggestion, implying that even the most impossible tasks can be accomplished with enough effort.

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