2002 Comic Strips - Page 27
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Wednesday September 18,
2002
Tags elbonia, dress code, barrels, lack fashion, make up for
Transcript
Headline: In Elbonia. Dilbert says to two Elbonians, "Yes, my company is so broke that our dress code is barrels..." Dilbert continues, "But what we lack in fashion we make up for in... umm..." Dilbert continues, "Did I already say lack of fashion?"
Thursday September 19,
2002
Tags business attire, changing dress code, clothing style, sartorial alchemy lab, might spark
Transcript
The Boss points to a slide and says, "Our dress code policy will go back to business attire." The Boss continues, "And I will keep changing the dress code until I find the clothing style that makes our profits go up!" Headline: Later, At The Sartorial Alchemy Lab. The Boss and Catbert are both wearing safety goggles. A shirt is being hung from a machine and The Boss is holding out a shoe. The Boss says, "Watch out. This might spark."
Friday September 20,
2002
Tags woman, peeved questions, hostile, personality disorder, critical, mean, nasty
Transcript
The Boss introduces a woman to Dilbert, "Dilbert, meet a woman who acts peeved at any sort of question." Dilbert extends his hand and asks, "How are you?" The woman opens one eye very widely, "Poink." The woman exclaims, with one eye wide open and the other closed, "How am I???" Dilbert responds, "Wow. I gotta show this to Wally."
Saturday September 21,
2002
Tags dental floss, newly hored, peeved eve, peeved expression, public flossing!, piss off, annoyed, peeve, hate, get to hate, bug, provoke, tease, prop, objectify
Transcript
Wally is sitting at his computer. Dilbert approaches and says, "Grab your dental floss and follow me. I'll explain on the way." Wally replies, "Okay." As they're walking, Dilbert says to Wally, "The newly hired mutant is named 'Peeved Eve.' Wait until you see her peeved facial expression." Wally replies, "Hee hee!" Wally flosses in Peeved Eve's face. Peeved Eve makes her peeved face and exclaims, "Gaaa! Public flossing!"
Sunday September 22,
2002
Tags full service broker, stick broker, brokers know stocks, earn trust, direct approach, garbage, biggest commission
Transcript
Dilbert walks into the office of a Full Service Broker. The Broker introduces himself to Dilbert, "I'm Bob Weaselton, your full-service stockbroker." Bob continues, "There are two ways we can go here." Bob continues, "Option one: I act as if brokers know which stocks are better than others." Bob continues, "Then I'll earn your trust by comparing your portfolio to misleading benchmarks." Bob continues, "But I prefer a more direct approach." Bob continues, "Option two: I sell you whatever garbage earns me the biggest commission." Dilbert comes home and says to Dogbert, "Would you do me a favor and lie to me?" Dogbert responds, "Nice haircut."
Monday September 23,
2002
Tags user interface, colors, puke, flu, interface design
Transcript
Dilbert points to his computer and asks Alice, "I designed the user interface myself. How do you like the colors?" Alice throws up, "Puke." Dilbert asks, "Flu?" Alice responds, "Interface design."
Tuesday September 24,
2002
Tags chronic mahjobbis, puke, doctor, exam, diagnosis, user interfaces, designed by engineers, interface poisoning, dead in a week, medical
Transcript
The Boss points to a slide and says, "Our dress code policy will go back to business attire." The Boss continues, "And I will keep changing the dress code until I find the clothing style that makes our profits go up!" Headline: Later, At The Sartorial Alchemy Lab. The Boss and Catbert are both wearing safety goggles. A shirt is being hung from a machine and The Boss is holding out a shoe. The Boss says, "Watch out. This might spark."
Wednesday September 25,
2002
Tags poisoned, bad user interface design, crowd out ugly, staggering beauty, drink in, garbageman advice
Transcript
Headline: In Elbonia. Dilbert says to an Elbonian, "Excuse me. My boss is cheap; can you direct me to a bad hotel?" The Elbonian responds, "I recommend the Bubonic Inn. It is so bad they will pay you to stay there." The man behind the hotel counter looks like a skeleton and has a rat on his head. The man says, "What kind of fleas do you want in your mattress?" Dilbert replies, "Lazy ones."
Thursday September 26,
2002
Tags 3 projects, cucbicle, double wide, elevator, scarbble, night, counterfeit vowles
Transcript
Dilbert and his mom are in the kitchen. Dilbert's mom is cooking dinner. She says, "Norma's son finished three projects last year. You only did one." Dilbert's mom continues, "His cubicle is a double-wide. And his CEO once said hi to him in the elevator." Dilbert's mom concludes, "Thanks to you, my 'scrabble' night is a living hell." Dilbert asks, "Do you still use counterfeit vowels?"
Friday September 27,
2002
Tags one project, finished one, measure worth, number of projects, track roi, losing, competition amongst mothers, dilberts mom
Transcript
Dilbert and his mom are eating dinner. Dilbert's mom asks, "Why have you only finished one project at work this year? Norma's son did three." Dilbert responds, "You can't measure someone's worth by counting the number of projects he does." Dilbert's mom says to her friends, "Maybe we should track R.O.I. instead." One of her friends replies, "Why, because you're losing?"

