Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 10th November 2002

Dilbert//4957, first published 24 years ago on Sunday 10th November 2002

Tags

red color presentation yellow set standards background colors metero pointy haired managing nitwits ear hole

Official transcript

Dilbert points to a slide and says, "And then I would end the presentation with this."

The Boss is sitting next to two other pointy-haired people. He says, "Whoa! I don't like the look of that background color."

The Boss continues, "Red says danger. We don't want to scare our customers."

Dilbert responds, "Um.. okay. How about yellow?"

The second pointy-haired person says, "Yellow? Are we saying we're cowards?"

The third pointy-haired person says, "What we need is a committee to set some standards for background colors."

Dilbert responds, "What we need is a meteor to pulverize you three pointy- haired, micro-managing nitwits."

After the meeting, Wally asks Dilbert, "If you didn't move your mouth, how did it get out?"

Dilbert responds, "It came out of my ear hole."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

AND THEN I WOULD END THE PRESENTATION WITH THIS.

WHOA! I DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THAT BACKGROUND COLOR.

RED SAYS DANGER.

WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE OUR CUSTOMERS.

UM... OKAY. HOW ABOUT YELLOW?

YELLOW? ARE WE SAYING WE'RE COWARDS?

WHAT WE NEED IS A COMMITTEE TO SET SOME STANDARDS FOR BACKGROUND COLORS.

WHAT WE NEED IS A METEOR TO PULVERIZE YOU THREE POINTY- HAIRED, MICROMANAGING NITWITS.

IF YOU DIDN'T MOVE YOUR MOUTH, HOW DID IT GET OUT?

IT CAME OUT OF MY EAR HOLE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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