Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 21st August 2010

Dilbert//7798, first published sixteen years ago on Saturday 21st August 2010

Tags

product safety testing angry rodney swear ship bandage

Official transcript

The Boss says, "This is Rodney. He's in charge of product safety testing."

The Boss says, "Is our new product safe enough to start selling?"

Rodney says, "$#%*"

The Boss says, "Did that sound like 'ship' to you?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THIS IS RODNEY.

HE'S IN CHARGE OF PRODUCT SAFETY TESTING.

IS OUR NEW PRODUCT SAFE ENOUGH TO START SELLING?

DID THAT SOUND LIKE "SHIP" TO YOU?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Product Safety Testing"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between Rodney, the head of product safety testing, and a new product. Rodney asks if the product is safe enough to start selling, to which the product responds, "Did that sound like 'ship' to you?" The punchline is a play on words, as the product is making a pun on the phrase "sound like 'ship' to you," which is a common idiomatic expression, but also references the fact that the product is a physical object that needs to be shipped. The humor comes from the unexpected twist on the usual meaning of the phrase.

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