Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 27th July 2018

Dilbert//10695, first published eight years ago on Friday 27th July 2018

New Military Project

Tags

name, weapon, semantics, language

Official transcript

Boss: My staff is threatening to quit because of our military contracts. CEO: Tell them we only work on defensive weapons. Boss: It might help if we changed the project name from "City-killing Laser In Space."

CEO: How about "Skylight?"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MY STAFF IS THREATENING TO QUIT BECAUSE OF OUR MILITARY CONTRACTS.

TELL THEM WE ONLY WORK ON DEFENSIVE WEAPONS.

IT MIGHT HELP IF WE CHANGED THE PROJECT NAME FROM "CITY-KILLING LASER IN SPACE." HOW ABOUT "SKYLIGHT"?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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