Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 15th January 2014

Dilbert//9041, first published twelve years ago on Wednesday 15th January 2014

Tags

competition (psychology) inventions space flight elon musk space hsips electric cars electric rocket robots colonize planet power cord

Official transcript

CEO: I want to be more visionary than Elon Musk. All he does is build spaceships and electric cars. I want you to build me an electric rocket ship full of robots that can colonize other worlds. Which planet should we do first? Dilbert: Depends how long the power cord is.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I WANT TO BE MORE VISIONARY THAN ELON MUSK. ALL HE DOES IS BUILD SPACESHIPS AND ELECTRIC CARS.

I WANT YOU TO BUILD ME AN ELECTRIC ROCKET SHIP FULL OF ROBOTS THAT CAN COLONIZE OTHER WORLDS.

WHICH PLANET SHOULD WE DO FIRST?

DEPENDS HOW LONG THE POWER CORD IS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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