Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 24th July 2008

Dilbert//7040, first published eighteen years ago on Thursday 24th July 2008

Tags

sympathy in need of sympathy so sorry face injured being thorough

Official transcript

Dilbert says, "I need some sympathy."

Dogbert says, "I'm so sorry your face looks like that."

Dilbert says, "My face isn't injured."

Dogbert says, "Well, excuse me for being thorough."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I NEED SOME SYMPATHY.

I'M SO SORRY YOUR FACE LOOKS LIKE THAT.

MY FACE ISN'T INJURED.

WELL, EXCUSE ME FOR BEING THOROUGH.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Face Injury"

Summary:

• The comic strip features a man with a bandaged face, who apologizes to another person for his appearance.
• The other person responds with sympathy, but the man insists that his face is not injured, and he is simply being thorough.
• The punchline is a play on words, as the man is using his injury as an excuse for being meticulous, rather than actually being injured.

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