webgrunt: It was actually Wally explaining this to Alice, who was not so eager to visit the land of waist deep mud and misogyny. She quite enjoyed putting it to practise.
There is a chance I may need to get a life as well.
One of the first Dilbert strips featuring Elbonia had Alice explaining that the one advantage of being up to your waist in mud all the time is that you can kick people and blame it on the mud weasels. Today's strip contradicts that strip.
I, for one, vote that Alice is correct and today's strip be considered *not* canon.
On the other hand, it could be argued that I need to get a life.