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Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 5th February 2012

Dilbert//8331, first published fourteen years ago on Sunday 5th February 2012


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boss business lunch employee freedom from tyranny lunch talk work waddle waddle away


Official transcript

Boss: That restaurant was great. Dilbert: I know. I plan to go there someday for lunch. Boss: We just ate lunch. Dilbert: That wasn't lunch. Boss: It wasn't? Dilbert: You talked about work the entire time. Lunch is not defined by food. It's defined by freedom from tyranny. My lunch hour will begin the minute you waddle away. Was this going well until I said "waddle?"

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

THAT RESTAURANT WAS GREAT.

I KNOW. I PLAN TO GO THERE SOMEDAY FOR LUNCH.

WE JUST ATE LUNCH.

THAT WASN'T LUNCH.

WASN'T?

YOU TALKED ABOUT WORK THE ENTIRE TIME.

LUNCH IS NOT DEFINED BY FOOD.

IT'S DEFINED BY FREEDOM FROM TYRANNY.

MY LUNCH HOUR WILL BEGIN THE MINUTE YOU WADDLE AWAY.

WAS THIS GOING WELL UNTIL I SAID "WADDLE"?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


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