Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 23rd March 2014

Dilbert//9108, first published twelve years ago on Sunday 23rd March 2014

Tags

engineers frustration apples and oranges comparing fruit grow on trees nutritionally

Official transcript

Boss: You can't compare apples and oranges. Dilbert: That's clearly wrong because you just compared them and declared them different. Wally: Apples and oranges are both foods that grow on trees. It would be totally valid to compare them nutritionally. Dilbert: I've noticed that a lot of what comes out of your mouth makes no sense. Boss: You sound like my wife. Wally: You can't compare your wife to your subordinate. That's apples and oranges. Boss: What is happening here? Wally: I don't know, but I wouldn't compare it to work.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU CAN'T COMPARE APPLES AND ORANGES.

THAT'S CLEARLY WRONG BECAUSE YOU JUST COMPARED THEM AND DECLARED THEM DIFFERENT.

APPLES AND ORANGES ARE BOTH FOODS THAT GROW ON TREES.

IT WOULD BE TOTALLY VALID TO COMPARE THEM NUTRITIONALLY.

IVE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH MAKES NO SENSE.

YOU SOUND LIKE MY WIFE.

YOU CAN'T COMPARE YOUR WIFE TO YOUR SUBORDINATE. THAT'S APPLES AND ORANGES.

WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WOULDN'T COMPARE IT TO WORK.

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