Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 18th November 2003

Dilbert//5330, first published 23 years ago on Tuesday 18th November 2003

Tags

destroy refrigeration crushed ice annoying noise cubilces crunch

Official transcript

This might be the greatest innovation in annoying cubicle noises. "Chewing crushed ice."

"Crunch crunch crunch."

"Must.. destroy all refrigeration facilities... on earth."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THIS MIGHT BE THE GREATEST INNOVATION IN ANNOYING CUBICLE NOISES.

CHEWING CRUSHED ICE.

CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH MUST...DESTROY ALL REFRIGERATION FACILITIES...ON EARTH.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Great Innovation"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man, sitting at his desk and thinking, "This might be the greatest innovation in annoying cubicle noises." He is holding a cup of ice and appears to be chewing on it.

In the next panel, a woman in the cubicle next to him is shown with a thought bubble saying, "Chewing crushed ice." Her hair is standing on end, and she looks frazzled.

The final panel shows the woman's boss, who is also Dilbert's boss, sitting at his desk and thinking, "Must...destroy all refrigeration facilities...on earth." He is holding a cup of ice and appears to be chewing on it as well.

The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of people finding ways to annoy each other in the workplace and the absurdity of trying to eliminate all sources of noise.

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