Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 8th December 2017

Dilbert//10464, first published nine years ago on Friday 8th December 2017

Elbonian Virus Infects Mission Statement

Tags

virus, hack, infection, computer, spelling, grammar, edit, improvement, technology

Official transcript

Dilbert: The Elbonian virus scrambled our mission statement into nonsense. Alice: No, that's our actual mission statement. Dilbert: Why does it look so different? Alice: The virus fixed the grammar and punctuation.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE ELBONIAN VIRUS SCRAMBLED OUR MISSION STATEMENT INTO NONSENSE.

NO, THAT'S OUR ACTUAL MISSION STATEMENT.

WHY DOES IT LOOK SO DIFFERENT?

THE VIRUS FIXED THE GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Elbonian Virus"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between two office workers, one of whom is holding a cell phone. The first worker says, "THE ELBONIAN VIRUS SCRAMBLED OUR MISSION STATEMENT INTO NONSENSE." The second worker responds, "NO, THAT'S OUR ACTUAL MISSION STATEMENT." The first worker then asks, "WHY DOES IT LOOK SO DIFFERENT?" The second worker replies, "THE VIRUS FIXED THE GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION."

Key Points:

• The Elbonian virus has scrambled the mission statement.
• The actual mission statement is shown to be grammatically correct and punctuated.
• The virus has fixed the grammar and punctuation of the mission statement.

Humor:

The humor in this comic strip comes from the unexpected twist on the typical meaning of "scrambled." Instead of being a literal description of the mission statement being jumbled up, it is revealed that the virus has actually improved the grammar and punctuation of the statement. This unexpected turn of events creates a humorous surprise for the reader.

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