Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 13th July 2006

Dilbert//6298, first published twenty years ago on Thursday 13th July 2006

Official transcript

Dogbert the Lobbyist "For a million dollars I can have the government include your industrial waste in the recommended food pyramid."

"For another million I'll have Congress authorize huge tax breaks for soulless, Blackberry-using weasels with coffee breath."

"I just want to hug you!"

"That's another million."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DOGBERT THE LOBBYIST FOR A MILLION DOLLARS I CAN HAVE THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDE YOUR INDUS TRIAL WASTE IN THE RECOMMENDED FOOD PYRAMID.

FOR ANOTHER MILLION I'LL HAVE CONGRESS AUTORIZE HUGE TAX BREAKS FOR SOULLESS, BLACKBERRY-USING WEASELS WITH COFFEE BREATH.

I JUST WANT TO HUG YOU!

THAT'S ANOTHER MILLION

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Dogbert the Lobbyist"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dogbert, a cynical and manipulative character, as a lobbyist who meets with a group of government officials. Dogbert presents his proposal, which includes a million dollars for a food pyramid trial waste and another million for Congress to authorize huge tax breaks for soulless, blackberry-using weasels with coffee breath. The officials are initially hesitant but eventually warm up to Dogbert's proposal, with one official even offering to hug him. The strip satirizes the influence of lobbyists in politics and the absurdity of some government policies.

generated by llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct

Accompanying textual content, such as title, tags and transcripts, is shown here if we have it. Not every comic has all of these, and they seem to be a bit hit and miss even on the official website.