Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 10th January 2009

Dilbert//7210, first published seventeen years ago on Saturday 10th January 2009

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meeting mistake confusion department business

Official transcript

The Boss says, "We'll be shutting down our aerospace division because it hasn't won any contracts in two years."

The Boss says, "Rumor has it that the admin assistant was faxing all of our bids with the blank side facing up."

Carol says, "The blank side isn't supposed to face up?"

The Boss says, "Uh-oh."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WELL BE SHUTTING DOWN OUR AEROSPACE DIVISION BECAUSE IT HASN'T WON ANY CONTRACTS IN TWO YEARS.

RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE ADMIN ASSISTANT WAS FAXING ALL OF OUR BIDS WITH THE BLANK SIDE FACING UP.

THE BLANK SIDE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO FACE UP?

UH-OH.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Blank Side"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with horns, sitting at a conference table.
• A colleague informs him that the aerospace division will be shutting down due to not winning any contracts in two years.
• The conversation shifts to a rumor that the admin assistant faxed all bids with the blank side facing up.
• The colleague asks if the blank side is supposed to face up, to which Dilbert responds with a puzzled expression, "Uh-oh."
• The humor in the comic strip lies in the absurdity of the situation and the deadpan reactions of the characters.

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