Comments for entry "Just One Catch" at Dilbert.com Blog

Comment from antomaradona

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Comment from rodeoclown

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There's only one flaw in this scenario, souls don't exist! ;)

Comment from az990tony

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Scott, I helped the folks in Nepal with their school laptop deployment. We had a server software to filter out "inappropriate content" and ironically it filtered out the name !$%*!$%*!$ See the summary here: http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/325 -- Tony Pearson

Comment from BoscoH

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Scott, Over on Dave Berry's blog, I found a link to a story about smart bats having small testicles. It fits in your theory. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178234,00.html

Comment from Opiated

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I have to point out that the correct way to pronounce the name is with a soft d and t, like 'th' in the. So in normal usage the name !$%*!$% does not sound as bad as you think it does.

Comment from Fire@will

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Thanks for all the laughs - and the thought provoking blog entires!

Comment from AajTak

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universe: you will be born in a very wealthy and powerful family in a very wealthy and powerful country on the world soul: great universe: you will have all the luxuries of life and no worries soul: even better universe: you will become president of this great wealthy country and inherit a booming economy. you will win the second term as president as well soul: oh. fantabulistic, and don't ask me to spell this word universe: but you will be stupid soul: Aww. So that is the catch, is it? Universe: no. 'cause you will be so dumb that you will not even know that you are dumb. soul: then what's the catch? universe: there is no catch for you!! you father has used his influence to bail you out of the catch, George. you are the one no one can catch, no matter what you do. So go ahead, lie, steal, start a illegal war, an illegal prison camp, chose crook as your VP, run your businesses in ground, never read a book in your life and still marry a librarian. you, my friend, will duck every shoe thrown at you.

Comment from nirav

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Awww, come on, !$%*!$% isnt the worst of the names (and you got to be a billionaire) Infact !$%*!$% (or Dixit) is quite common lastname in India, (Madhuri Dixit is one top actress) Sadder indian names Hardik Sukdeep These guys do have it tough in life.

Comment from KevinKunreuther

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If I can laugh at one billionaire whose life is in shambles, it's a good week. This New Depression has made me happy as the village idiot, as there are so many overnight billionaire that are now barely millionaires (on paper) due to their own myopic hubris. Well, I think the universe probably makes that deal everyone. Eventually, you have to suffer a little humiliation for its amusement. Except some of us gets a little more than the rest of us.

Comment from queenjaz

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On a completley unrelated topic.. I think the mashups are a great addition to the site. I've had alot of fun reading other peoples ideas. I'm interested to hear what strips you have enjoyed?

Comment from charlesfunnish

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Universe: You will become VP and win the Nobel Prize for your "work" on man-made global warming. Al Gore: Sweet. Universe: One catch - man-made global warming will be disproved and you will subsequently be responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in third world countries because of your idiocy matched with group hysteria. Al Gore: So you believe the earth is flat, huh? Are you or are you not a member of the man-made GW non-believers? http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environment/environment-minister-sammy-wilson-i-still-think-manmade-climate-change-is-a-con-14123972.html

Comment from Uncollated

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I can't help but notice that your swear filter seems to be blocking out all instances of this guy's funny name. If that does not prove that the swear filter is a !$%*!$% stupid idea, I don't know what does.

Comment from BoscoH

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!$%*!$% will basically be a political prisoner. Lovely country we live in that bans private transactions between consenting adults.

Comment from mandar

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an unrelated article to bring your attention to... Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html Wish you a happy new year... I hope I will get a visa to the California republic next year.. :-)

Comment from Halflife

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My brother and I travelled once to a country where his name meant KING OF THE WORLD. In the same country, my name couldnot be spoken in polite company. ;-)

Comment from galactic_hitchhiker

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just some minor correction.....Anurag !$%*!$% would'nt really have balked at being named that. He probably would have been happy since that would mean he was born into a brahmin family - which is the upper class of Indian society. It is unfortunate but India is still fraught with the caste system though things are improving. The closest equivalent I can give are the dynasties and old families of Europe and may be the relatively newer family names in the US. like the Rothschilds, Kennedys etc since there is not much of a caste system in the anglical world. !$%*!$% is a fairly common Indian surname and most folks in India do not really make that association about dick and !$%* since we do not call a "dick" a dick in Hindi. We call it "Lund". They do generally get a good laugh out of anyone with the word "Lund" in their name....typically Scandinavians. Lund is penis in Hindi and that too in a very derogatory way. Those who are exposed to the Americanized nick names (Dick is short for Richard etc) do wonder why they still continue to refer to Richard as Dick or a "dick" as a dick if it is such a common first name. Same with John. What is the deal with calling clients of prostitutes as johns? Even toilets are called johns.!!! Language is weird.

Comment from lejosi

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Just one catch :-) Anyway, best wishes for 2009 to you Scott. Keep us all laughing :-)