Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 30th September 2007

Dilbert//6742, first published nineteen years ago on Sunday 30th September 2007

Tags

carpet fishing devised a game computer string randomly picks location hooked fish marlin salmon killing time technology

Official transcript

"What are you doing?"

"Carpet fishing."

"It's a sport I invented."

"I divided the carpet in my cubicle into a numbered grid."

"Then I wrote a computer program that randomly picks a carpet location and a type of fish about once an hour."

"If it picks the carpet location where I happen to be dangling this string, it means I hooked a fish."

"Yesterday I caught a marlin."

"Did you come here for some reason other than to spoil the salmon run?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

CARPET FISHING.

IT'S A SPORT I INVENTED.

I DIVIDED THE CARPET IN MY CUBICLE INTO A NUMBERED GRID.

THEN I WROTE A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT RANDOMLY PICKS A CARPET LOCATION AND A TYPE OF FISH ABOUT ONCE AN HOUR.

IF IT PICKS THE CARPET LOCATION WHERE I HAPPEN TO BE DANGLING THIS STRING, IT MEANS I HOOKED A FISH.

YESTERDAY I CAUGHT A MARLIN.

DID YOU COME HERE FOR SOME REASON OTHER THAN TO SPOIL THE SALMON RUN?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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