Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 19th September 2010

Dilbert//7827, first published sixteen years ago on Sunday 19th September 2010

Tags

meeting proposals technical swivel chair front intelligence test smart joke monkey time animals business

Official transcript

The Boss says, "I don't understand either of your technical proposals, and I need to pick one."

The Boss says, "Normally I'd use favoritism, but I don't like either one of you."

The Boss says, "So I'll give you an intelligence test, and I'll approve the proposal of whoever is the smartest."

The Boss says, "If you shoot an arrow at a monkey from an airplane..."

The Boss says, "And the monkey throws a coconut at the incoming arrow to stop it, but he misses..."

The Boss says, "How can you tell what time it is?"

Dilbert says, "There's not enough data."

Coworker says, "You look at your watch?"

The Boss says, "The correct answer is 'Ask the monkey and hope he doesn't hold a grudge."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

SCOTT ADAMS dilbert.com I DON'T UNDERSTAND EITHER OF YOUR TECHNICAL PROPOSALS, AND I NEED TO PICK ONE.

NORMALLY I'D USE FAVORITISM, BUT I DON'T LIKE EITHER ONE OF YOU.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN INTELLIGENCE TEST, AND I'LL APPROVE THE PROPOSAL OF WHOEVER IS THE SMARTEST.

IF YOU SHOOT AN ARROW AT A MONKEY FROM AN AIRPLANE...

AND THE MONKEY THROWS A COCONUT AT THE INCOMING ARROW TO STOP IT, BUT HE MISSES..

HOW CAN YOU TELL WHAT TIME IT IS?

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DATA.

YOU LOOK AT YOUR WATCH?

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS ASK THE MONKEY AND HOPE HE DOESN'T HOLD A GRUDGE."

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Monkey Business"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in 2010, features Dilbert and his coworkers in a meeting. The scene is set with a presentation screen displaying the Dilbert logo, accompanied by a whiteboard and a table with a monkey head on it. The conversation revolves around a technical proposal, with one employee expressing a lack of understanding and another suggesting an intelligence test to determine the proposal's smartest proponent. The discussion takes a humorous turn when an employee shoots an arrow at a monkey from an airplane, only to have the monkey throw a coconut at the incoming arrow, which misses but hits the employee instead. The meeting concludes with the employee asking the monkey to hold a grudge, as he hopes it will not hold a grudge against him. The comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of corporate meetings and the sometimes illogical nature of human interactions.

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