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Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 2nd December 2017

Dilbert//10458, first published nine years ago on Saturday 2nd December 2017

Nailed It


Tags

finances, guessing, estimate, catchphrase, clever


Official transcript

Boss: I can't give you a raise because your financial forecasts were all wrong. Dilbert: Financial forecasts are always wrong. You told me to make one anyway. Boss: In other words, I nailed it and you failed it. Dilbert: Catchy.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

I CAN'T GIVE YOU A RAISE BECAUSE YOUR FINANCIAL FORECASTS WERE ALL WRONG.

FINANCIAL FORECASTS ARE ALWAYS WRONG. YOU TOLD ME TO MAKE ONE ANYWAY.

IN OTHER WORDS, I NAILED IT AND YOU FAILED IT.

CATCHY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Financial Forecast Fail"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive hairstyle, in three panels. In the first panel, a woman tells him that his financial forecasts were all wrong. In the second panel, Dilbert responds by saying that financial forecasts are always wrong and that he told her to make one anyway. In the third panel, he celebrates his "catchy" phrase, "I nailed it and you failed it." The strip humorously highlights the challenges of making accurate financial predictions and the tendency to downplay or dismiss failures.

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