Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 22nd January 2003

Dilbert//5030, first published 23 years ago on Wednesday 22nd January 2003

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construction bid award for job team of skilled craftmen ex wife truck on fire

Official transcript

Dilbert holds a piece of paper and says, "Your construction bid is the lowest so I have to award you the job."

Dilbert asks, "When can your team of highly skilled craftsmen begin?"

The beaver responds, "I'll call you."

The beaver is leaning over a huge book titled, "Excuses."

He says into the telephone, "Day one: My ex-wife set my truck on fire."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOUR CONSTRUCTION BID IS THE LOWEST.

SO I HAVE TO AWARD YOU THE JOB.

WHEN CAN YOUR TEAM OF HIGHLY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN BEGIN?

I'LL CALL YOU.

DAY ONE: MY EX- WIFE SET MY TRUCK ON FIRE.

EXCUSES

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AI Analysis

The title of this comic strip is "Day One: My Ex-Wife Set My Truck on Fire."

The comic strip consists of three panels.

• The first panel shows a man in a suit, with the caption "Your construction bid is the lowest, so I have to award you the job."
• The second panel shows a man in a suit talking to a beaver, with the caption "When can your team of highly skilled craftsmen begin?"
• The third panel shows a beaver sitting at a desk, with a sign that says "Excuses" and the caption "I'll call you."

The comic strip is humorous because it depicts a beaver, an animal known for its ability to build dams, as a construction worker who is trying to avoid work by making excuses. The punchline of the comic strip is that the beaver's excuse for not starting work is that his ex-wife set his truck on fire, which is an absurd and unlikely reason for not being able to work. The comic strip is likely intended to poke fun at the idea that people often make up excuses for not doing things they don't want to do.

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