1992 Comic Strips - Page 12
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Friday May 08,
1992
Tags the boss, forward, Dilbert, ventured, gain, competitors, weaknesses, death, cliches
Transcript
The Boss says to Dilbert, Wally and Alice, "Sometimes you have to move forward just to stay where you are." The Boss continues, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem." The Boss asks, "How can we use our strengths against our competitors' weaknesses?" Dilbert replies, "We could bore them to death with your cliches."
Saturday May 09,
1992
Tags ratbert, bob, dinosaur, meaningless, existence, ironically, ruined, life
Transcript
Ratbert says to Bob the Dinosaur, "Bob, sometimes I wonder if there's a place in this world for a sensitive rat like me." Ratbert continues, "I can't live the hollow, meaningless shell of existence that others so ironically call 'life.'" Ratbert concludes, "I want to make a difference to people." Bob says, "Well, you ruined MY day."
Monday May 11,
1992
Tags Dilbert, Dogbert, advertising, company, underestimate, intelligence, apology, accepted
Transcript
Dilbert sits in his chair reading the newspaper and Dogbert sits on Dilbert's legs. Dogbert says, "I'm going to open the 'Dogbert Advertising Company.'" Dogbert continues, "Apparently, people will believe just about anything that makes them feel good." Dilbert replies, "Hey, don't underestimate our intelligence." Dogbert says, "I could never underestimate you intelligence." Dilbert says, "Apology accepted."
Tuesday May 12,
1992
Tags Dogbert, ad, man, turn, negatives, perceived, benefits, shmultz, beer, head, pounds, bikini, concept, lonely, Men
Transcript
Dogbert stands in front of two men and points to a diagram. Dogbert says, "We must turn the negatives of your project into perceived benefits." Dogbert continues, "The new slogan will be 'Shmultz Beer: you know it's working because your head pounds.'" Dogbert points to a picture of a man who is holding a beer and has a headache. A man asks, "Can you work some bikinis into this concept?" The other man says, "We're very lonely men."
Wednesday May 13,
1992
Tags Dogbert, proposed, ad, campaign, scantily, clad, nineties, out-dated, lawyers, bikini, jobs
Transcript
A man sitting at a conference table next to another man says, "We like you proposed ad campaign, Dogbert, but we think it needs some scantily clad women in it." Dogbert replies, "Gentlemen, this is the nineties. That concept is offensive and out-dated." One man says, "Ooh-ooh! What if they had jobs?" The other man says, "Bikini lawyers on skates!"
Thursday May 14,
1992
Tags larry king, live, dog, sexy, beer, commercial, angry, feminist, encourage, Women, sex, objects, views, Dogbert
Transcript
Larry King sits at a table and says into the microphone, "Tonight on 'Larry King Live' we have a dog who makes sexy beer commercials, plus an angry feminist." The woman points to Dogbert and says, "His commercials encourage discrimination against women by portraying us all as sex objects." Dogbert asks the woman, "Are you saying men are so dumb, they get their views on life from beer commercials?" The woman crosses her arms and says, "I call them like I see them."
Friday May 15,
1992
Tags Men, combing, ear, hair, bald, spot, head, method, talk
Transcript
A man says, "Hey, that's a good technique: combing your ear hair over the bald spot!" The man continues, "I've been working on the eyebrows-combed-over-the-head method." The man with the ear hair thinks, "Somebody should talk to that man."
Saturday May 16,
1992
Tags Men, hair, head, combing, grow, ear, clueless, people, employee, meeting
Transcript
A man sits at a conference table with two co-workers. He thinks, "I'm feeling confident today with what appears to be a full head of hair." The man thinks, "Nobody suspects that I'm actually combing the hair that grows in my ears over the top of my otherwise bald head." The man thinks, "It's amazing how clueless these people are."
Monday May 18,
1992
Tags Dogbert, lenin, twenty, bucks, king, commies, available, stores, dollars, wall, communism
Transcript
Dogbert walks down the sidewalk and a man standing against a building whispers, "Pssst! Dog! Would you like to purchase Lenin's body?" The man continues, "Twenty bucks. He's in great shape . . . The king of commies . . . Not available in stores." Back at home, Dogbert pushes a man's body against the wall. Dilbert asks, ". . . And you talked him down to ten dollars?" Dogbert asks, "Do you like it better against this wall?"

