Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 26th August 2005

Dilbert//5977, first published 21 years ago on Friday 26th August 2005

Tags

urgent budget numbers technology amazing data delete spam

Official transcript

Subject: URGENT Dilbert, give me your budget numbers as soon as possible. "Technology is amazing. I type one message and within minutes I'll have my data."

"First order of business: Delete all spam e-mail that has a subject of 'Urgent'."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

Subject: URGENT Dilbert, give me your budget numbers as soon as possible.

TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING. I TYPE ONE MESSAGE AND WITHIN MINUTES I'LL HAVE MY DATA.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: DELETE ALL SPAM EMAIL THAT HAS A SUBJECT OF "URGENT".

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Urgent"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in, features a conversation between Dilbert and his boss. The boss requests budget numbers as soon as possible, prompting Dilbert to respond with a humorous message.

• Dilbert: "Dilbert, give me your budget numbers as soon as possible."
• Dilbert: "TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING. I TYPE ONE MESSAGE AND WITHIN MINUTES I'LL HAVE MY DATA."
• Boss: "FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: DELETE ALL SPAM E-MAIL THAT HAS A SUBJECT OF 'URGENT'."

The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of receiving numerous emails with the subject line "URGENT" but often being unimportant or spammy.

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