[12] in Dilbert Redistribution
Newsletter 8.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (scottadams@InterNex.NET)
Sun Dec 10 11:11:44 1995
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 01:37:01 -0800 (PST)
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From: scottadams@InterNex.NET
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Dilbert Newsletter 8.0
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To: Dogbert's New Ruling Class (DNRC)
From: Scott Adams
Date: November 1995
(Use Courier 12 point font for proper formatting)
Highlights:
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- Dilbert Store on the Web
- DNRC Secret Signal
- Strange Tales of Induhviduals
- New Dilbert Book "It's Obvious..."
- Dilbert calendars available now
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DNRC Status Report
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The ranks of the DNRC have swelled to 65,000; every member a living
monument to superior intelligence and inexplicable sexual appeal. When
Dogbert conquers the earth you will become his New Ruling Class. The
others (the Induhviduals) will become our domestic servants. But
remember, with that kind of awesome power comes the potential for abuse,
which is something I think we're all looking forward to. Enjoy!
DNRC Enemies List
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If you've seen the Drew Carey television show you know he has an eerie
physical resemblance to Dilbert. This would ordinarily be enough to put
him on the DNRC enemies list except for a mitigating factor: He had a
Dilbert cartoon on his wall during a recent episode. I'm putting him on
the watch list until we can determine if the Dilbert cartoon stays on his
wall.
DNRC Enemies
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1. Little Billy from Family Circus
2. Satan
3. Snuggles the fabric softener bear
4. Putterman family (including cousin John Tesh)
5. Drew Carey (watch list)
Pacific Bell
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A reader sent me a scanned picture of his cancelled check for his Pacific
Bell phone bill. He made it out to "The company that fired Scott Adams."
The bank deposited it without a problem.
Office Prank
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This great office prank was suggested by a devious Dilbert reader. It
works on any Induhvidual who has a desk with a pull-out center drawer.
You need: 2 paper clips, one rubber band, a business card and a bunch of
"holes" from the hole puncher.
Open the drawer and wedge a paper clips on each end, toward the front of
the drawer. Stretch the rubber band across the width of the drawer,
attaching it at each end by the paper clips. Insert the business card
into the center of the rubber band and wind the rubber band many times so
that when released the business card will act like a steamboat paddle.
Put a pile of paper "holes" under the business card then close the drawer
carefully to prevent the rubber band from unwinding.
The Induhvidual who opens the drawer will be met with a hail of paper
"holes" as a festive tribute to your genius.
(Tip: It's best not to use your own business card.)
Addressing the Induhviduals
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Many people wrote to ask about the proper way to address the Induhvidual
domestic servants after Dogbert takes over. The best way to address them
is to write the address on their foreheads with a Sharpie pen. That
leaves plenty of room in their hair for the third class postage.
For the thrifty members of the DNRC, you can save postage by ordering
your Induhviduals to drive to their destination instead of mailing them.
The only downside to this approach is that most of them have Yugos which
end up abandoned half way down your driveway, after which the
Induhviduals get lost and eventually die of exposure. Then you've got
all kinds of stuff blocking your driveway. That's why the Post Office
was invented.
DNRC Secret Sign
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Thousands of brilliant and creative DNRC members submitted suggestions
for the DNRC secret hand signal. 95% of you suggested essentially the
same brilliant and creative idea: Use one hand to trace an imaginary
Dilbert necktie, swooping up and away from the torso on the final
segment. This suggestion is appealing, but it relates more to Dilbert
than to our leader, Dogbert.
Most of the other suggestions involved doing things that were
impractical, obscene or illegal. I tried them all personally, and
although I must say I enjoyed several of them they didn't meet all of the
criteria for selection. But I'll keep trying just to be sure.
The winning suggestion was submitted by newly Sainted "Saint Trouble" and
I call it the "The Dogbert Wag":
The Dogbert Wag
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1. Make a fist, simulating Dogbert's roundish body
2. Extend the pinky finger, simulating Dogbert's tail
3. Wag pinky three times
The fist should be roughly waist high, in "joystick" position.
Optionally, you may say "BUHWAHAHAH!!!" while giving the sign.
This secret sign has the advantage that it can be used in meetings
without attracting Induhvidual attention to your insolence and treachery
(unless you do the BUHWAHAHAH!!! part).
The Secret DNRC sign can be used as a greeting among DNRC members or
simply a way to covertly signal that somebody is being an Induhvidual.
For example, if a boorish Induhvidual is droning on and on about
"Quality" you can claim that Induhvidual as your personal domestic
servant by being the first DNRC member at the meeting to do The Dogbert
Wag.
How I Selected An Induhvidual Servant
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The other day I was working out at the local health club and decided to
try a new weight machine. I sat down and did a few "reps" (that's what
we muscle-men like to call them) when an exceptionally attractive woman
with beautiful blonde hair approached. Naturally I pumped the weights a
bit harder, letting out a noticeable grunt with each rep, thus signalling
my dedication to body sculpting.
I could barely hear what she said over the sound of my shirt stretching
to accommodate the rapid growth of my new muscles, but I understood her
to ask if she could "work in" a set.
In gym talk, that meant she wanted to do a few reps on my machine while I
rested. I smiled my best Charles Bronson "quiet but potentially lethal"
smile and moved to an adjacent machine to wait.
That's when she spoke the words a guy never wants to hear from a woman at
the health club...
"Hey, we use the same weight settings!"
She said something else, but I couldn't hear it over the sound of my own
sobbing. When Dogbert conquers the world, that woman will be my domestic
servant, probably in the Furniture Arranging Division.
Holders of Past Knowledge
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Anybody on the Dilbert list before the end of 1995 may add the optional
title "Holder of Past Knowledge" to whatever title they have already
claimed for themselves. With this title comes the right to act smug
about things you can't remember.
You will no longer have to apologize and say things like "Um, I used to
know that but I forgot." Now you can just smile and say "I'm surprised
that a bright Induhvidual such as yourself doesn't know that" and then
change the subject. It's true that you could have done that before, but
now you've earned the right.
Potato Cult Update
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Panicked readers report that NASA has put a potato in space aboard the
space shuttle. There is some concern that the DNRC's arch nemesis, Stacy
the Goddess of Potatoes, is behind this. Don't worry. This is actually
a DNRC test program to check the viability of removing all of the
potatoes from earth, one at a time, using the space shuttle. So far it
seems viable, albeit pricey.
True Stories of Induhviduals
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This story comes from a hospital worker in Santa Cruz:
At a recent Process Improvement Team (PIT) meeting, one of the Food
service staff brought up a problem she thought should be listed as an
"issue statement."
It seems that there was a problem with staff not knowing when it was OK
to enter a patient's room. She wanted to know if maybe signs could be
put up informing the staff when an exam was in progress; if the patient
was on a bedpan; if the patient was sleeping etc,etc. After about 20
minutes of discussion, I suggested what I thought was the obvious
answer. "How about just knocking on the door?"
The food service worker said that that might work in a lot of cases, but
what about when the patient was dead? I asked if that was really a big
problem. She said "OH YES! Why just last week one of my co-workers was
trying to feed yogurt to a person who turned out to be dead."
This being a group of VERY professional people with a VERY serious
mission we all tried VERY hard not to laugh. We were not VERY
successful. After the not too well concealed laughter finally died down
the guy sitting next to me leaned
over and showed me his list of issue statements. On the last line he had
written, "Sometimes dead people won't eat their yogurt."
Maybe you had to be there for that one, Scott, but I nearly died.
[Editorial note: That's where I'd like to die, so I can get one last
yogurt.]
Another True Story of an Induhvidual
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This story from a reader illustrates the importance of belonging to the
DNRC:
I am sending you a report on a very "gifted" Induhvidual that I have been
asked to train (most likely to replace me).
One day, Bubba came back early from lunch. My workstation across from
his 'beeped' from incoming mail. So Bubba went to my station and read
the mail because, "I knew it was for me!" Why this inbred, lower life
form, Induhvidual thought that mail on my station was for him I don't
even want to try to understand.
Needless to say, my very life was later placed in jeopardy because I did
not respond to my boss's request for an appearance. Later that day, as I
licked my wounds, I asked to no-one, "Why didn't I get the E-mail?"
Bubba jumped up and said, "You did get mail, I read it and then deleted
it."
The only reason that this Induhvidual still plagues this world is that it
is my fondest wish that when Dogbert claims his rightful place as supreme
ruler I will be allowed to have this Induhvidual as my servant. My
nights are so pleasant dreaming of all the tasks this servant would enjoy
under the
the new ruling class. Please, oh please tell me Dogbert's plans are near
completion. I so look forward to the day when my days can be as joyful
as my nights...
Training my own replacement...
Fun With Induhviduals
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Induhviduals aren't all bad. They can be quite entertaining, as this
story from a DNRC member demonstrates:
I work with an Induhvidual that puts the "duh" in "Induhvidual". He's the
quality manager at a local factory and he needed a printer cable for his
new laser printer. He went to some local fly-by-night computer dealer
and they sold him a printer cable with memory. Or at least that's what
they told him.
I checked the cable, it was a typical parallel port cable. I then
proceeded to replace his Microsoft Mouse with an exotic looking clone
mouse. I cranked up the acceleration settings for the mouse and told him
that he now had a mouse that has extra RAM to speed it up. That was 2
weeks ago and he still won't speak to me.
Getting the Most Out of Induhviduals
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This story from a reader points out the economic value of Induhviduals:
One of our salesmen was out on a sales call and he had brought along a PC
to demonstrate both the hardware and the software. When he was finished,
he packed up everything and while he was shuffling things around in the
car, he temporarily placed the PC on the trunk lid.
To make a short story long, he drove off with the PC on the trunk lid.
The PC being properly respectful of the law of gravity, fell off the car
as the salesman left the parking lot.
An out of work programmer found the PC and took it home. He powered it
up and was able to figure out our company's phone number from the files
that were on the machine.
He brought the machine back to us and when we found out he was looking
for a programming position, we hired him. The salesman has since been
nicknamed "Big Dummy" and we have told him that his new job will be to go
out with that PC and go trolling for programmers....
Home Office of the Induhviduals
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>From my mail:
Hi Scott,
A few of the DNRC have been sitting around discussing such important
matters as the proper home office of the Induhviduals, we have settled on
a small city in northern Minnesota, Duluth. (properly pronounced
"Duh-lute" by the natives of this fine community.)
Thanks for your valuable time and consideration,
Two Loyal DNRC Members
Dilbert Does Oman
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A reader in the Sultanate of Oman reports that a Dilbert strip that ran
in their English language paper was apparently modified to accommodate
local norms.
The original Line: "You screwed up, huh?"
Oman version: "You managed, huh?"
Supply your own joke here.
Dogbert Answers My Mail
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In this section Dogbert answers the mail that I'm too polite to handle
myself.
Dear Mr. Adams:
I notice that Dilbert and Dogbert look like Sherman and
Peabody, the old Saturday morning cartoon. Is that a
coincidence?
Jeffrey
Dear Jeffrey,
It's not a coincidence. Mr. Adams' original concept for
Dilbert was a British guy who was a wife-beating,
alcoholic, unemployed adulterer. I played the part of the
wife who waited for him at night with a rolling pin. But
when Mr. Adams submitted this idea to United Media they
informed him that it had "already been done."
Fortunately, United Media recognized a spark of creative
genius in Mr. Adams. Their editorial staff worked with
him to do something that nobody had done before: rip off
Sherman and Peabody. You're the first person to notice.
Dogbert
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Dear Mr. Adams:
I notice that Dilbert and Dogbert are a lot like Charlie
Brown and Snoopy, except grown up. Is that a coincidence?
Eddie
Dear Eddie,
It's not a coincidence. Charles Schulz noticed the
popularity of the Dilbert comic strip and started ripping
off Sherman and Peabody himself. His only contribution to
the creative process was to give Snoopy good eyesight. It
makes me sick when stuff like that happens. But you're
the first person to notice.
Dogbert
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Dear Mr. Adams:
I have chosen to interview you as my school assignment. I
need it by tomorrow or else I'll fail and wind up running a
"Mailboxes USA" store someday. For your convenience (which
I care deeply about) I have boiled the interview down into
three questions:
1. What's up?
2. Why do you do all of the things you do?
3. What advice do you have for people who want to take
your job?
Please write a 50,000 word response and e-mail it to me.
Be sure to run it through your spelling checker first or
else you'll end up looking like an ideot.
Peter
Dear Peter,
Here's a career tip for you: Don't lick all the
stamps on the first day.
Dogbert
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Dear Mr. Adams,
I noticed that you wrote the forward for Guy Kawasaki's new
book "How to Drive Your Competition Crazy." Can I really
learn to drive my competition crazy by reading this book?
Amy
Dear Amy,
I think so. But for a definitive answer to that question I
recommend that you write long bothersome e-mail messages to
the author of the newish comic strip "Thatch." If he
doesn't respond personally to all of your queries, stalk
him.
Dogbert
Life After Pacific Bell
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Everybody asks me what my life is like now that I've left the cubicle
Hell of my day job at Pacific Bell. My masseuse and manicurist asked
yesterday. My chauffeur won't shut up about it. And now that they've
stopped using my estate to shoot that "Hawaiian Tropics" commercial I
have an opportunity to tell you what it's like to be a famous cartoonist
who doesn't have to "punch the clock" anymore.
It's pretty nice.
Dilbert Personals Ad
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Here's a REAL personals ads. Participate at your own risk. I hold
myself harmless from any tragedies that arise from your participation,
including but not limited to marriage and childbirth.
Dogbert High Priestess Looking for her Top Dog
My Specs:
HARDWARE - 5'9", hip-length dark brown hair, blue/green eyes, dangerous
curves, age 35; a 7.795 +/- 0.05 on a 10 pt. scale
SOFTWARE - B.S. Aerospace Engineering, MBA in 1/96, former MENSA member
(just joined to prove I could make the cut)
FUNCTIONAL SPECS - Development engineer, well traveled (Europe & Asia -
speaks Swedish), enjoys gardening, biking, antiquing, chocolate, Star
Trek (any flavor), reading (Tom Clancy, Steven King) , dancing, driving
too fast, nude stargazing, blah, blah, blah - No ex, no kids, no
cancer-sticks
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS - Tall SWAMP (single, white, attractive, male,
professional) in synch with above - I live in Chicago area, so good snow
shovelling ability is a plus
COMPATIBILITY - Works well with paradoxes - traditional
values/unconventional outlook, independent/nurturing, techie/romantic,
introverted extroverts
TOLERANCE RANGE - Smart, but doesn't take himself too seriously - good
looking, but without a god complex - confident, but not a Newt Gingrich
Respond to 70005.1146@compuserve.com
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How To Be Funny
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As a member of the DNRC you're already smarter and more attractive than
the Induhviduals around you. With my help, you'll be funnier too. Here
are some Dilbert-tested tips on writing humor. Ironically, this section
isn't very funny.
The hardest part about writing humor is coming up with a fresh situation
or theme. The dialog or "joke" usually flows easily from a good
situation. Over time I've noticed two rules for identifying a good theme:
Good Joke Theme
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1. It can be described in one sentence.
2. It makes you grin before the "humor" is even added.
Take the example of my earlier story at the health club (which was true,
by the way). You could describe the situation in one sentence: "Woman
at health club uses same weight settings as studly man." It makes you
grin right away. Here are some other examples of theme ideas that make
you smile before the humor is added:
- Co-worker's perfume reaches lethal levels.
- Wally decides to give asexual reproduction a chance.
- Boss can't send fax because he's out of paper.
- Profit from your expense report.
- Empowerment goes to the employees' heads.
- Cartoonist tricks readers into doing his work.
Good themes also have a built-in emotion or human shortcoming. Always
focus on the human element. In the example of the co-worker with lethal
doses of perfume, the humor lies in her cluelessness, not in the
properties of the perfume. In the example with the boss and the fax
machine, the humor lies in the boss's stupidity, not in the properties of
the fax machine.
The theme that is most often suggested for Dilbert has to do with the
co-worker who takes the last drop of coffee from the pot and doesn't make
more. As a theme, this has some emotion and it's something you can
identify with, but it's not an automatic grin. A slight alteration makes
it a grinnable theme:
"Wally adds tap water to coffee pot so it doesn't look as
if he's taken the last cup."
Now you've got something you can work with. You still need to add the
"humor," including the dialog and timing and all that, but you're off to
a good start.
That leads me to my next topic...
Sending Ideas for Dilbert
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Most of my ideas for the strip come from e-mail. (Thanks to all of you
who took the time. I'm sorry I can't give personal responses to all of
you.)
The best suggestions are theme ideas, not dialog or "gags." I'll do the
humor part. I'm most inspired by themes of idiotic management and
clueless business practices. Tell me about things in your day that
caused a feeling of anger, insecurity, doubt, distrust, humiliation,
incredulity or guilty pleasure.
Some parts of your messages may be quoted by me for articles, books or
interviews. They will be paraphrased if I think it's necessary to
conceal the identity of the author or to condense a story. I never
disclose names.
Send suggestions to me, not a reply to the newsletter address. I'm at
scottadams@aol.com. And your best bet is to wait at least two weeks from
receiving the newsletter, because I get about a thousand messages a day
in that period.
Thanks!
The Dilbert Store on the Web
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Now available for sale on the web, DNRC caps, polo shirts and denim
shirts, all with a small tasteful DNRC logo of Dogbert with a crown and
club. Perfect for casual day. Not available anyplace else.
You will also find limited edition Dilbert framed desk art and Dilbert
and Dogbert stuffed dolls!
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/
800-882-6450 (International callers dial: +1-612-948-5434)
Dilbert Mouse Pads
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Ring King Visibles is introducing four computer mouse pad and wrist rest
designs, including the "Etch A Sketch" and "Bungee Boss" themes from
recent favorite strips. They are available now to retailers, so go bug
your local computer store or office retailer to stock them. You can also
call Ring King visibles for more information at 800-272-2366.
Dilbert Books
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"Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies" (new material about
working at a big company), Andrews and McMeel. (ISBN 0-8362-1757-8)
"Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons" (a compilation of the
first year), Andrews and McMeel.
(ISBN 0-8362-1758-6)
"Clues for the Clueless" from Andrews and McMeel. It's new material on
the subject of manners using the Dilbert cast. (ISBN 0-8362-1737-3)
"Shave the Whales" (a compilation of the second year of Dilbert), Andrews
and McMeel. (ISBN 0-8362-1740-3)
"Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy" (a compilation covering 10/5/90
through 5/18/91.), Andrews and McMeel. (ISBN 0-8362-1779-9)
**** Released in October 1995 *****
"It's Obvious You Won't Survive By Your Wits Alone" (a compilation
covering 5/19/91 to 12/13/92), Andrews and McMeel. (ISBN 0-8362-0415-8).
Check with any bookstore. If that fails, call the publisher directly at
800-826-4216 and order by mail. (International callers use
+1-816-932-6700)
Dilbert Calendars for 1996
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If you don't have at least one 1996 Dilbert calendar you might be asked
to stay in 1995 for another year. Don't let that happen to you.
- Page A Day - "Ask Me How My Day Went"
Andrews and McMeel (ISBN 0-8362-7283-8)
- Desk Calendar - "It's A Trap!"
Andrews and McMeel (ISBN 0-8362-7299-4)
- Wall Calendar - "The Dilbert Zone"
Day Dream Publishing (ISBN 1-57081-934-3)
Dilbert Business Videos:
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Two Newest Videos: "Talk About Change!" and "Dilbert Gets Reengineered"
Cohen/Gebler Associates has created a set of short animated Dilbert
business videos for meetings, workshops and presentations. The videos are
based closely on themes from the strip. They're used primarily as ice
breakers. Topics include Quality, Change, Reengineering, Sales and
meetings in general.
Cohen/Gebler Associates also develop custom programs featuring Dilbert
for internal company communications, such as employee training, internal
communications and employee meetings/events
Call 800-208-3535 for more information. (International callers use
+1-617-262-4242)
Dilbert Dolls, T-Shirts, Sweatshirts and Mugs from Signals:
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Check out the new Signals fall/holiday catalog. They have Dilbert and
Dogbert stuffed dolls plus "Technology - No Place for Wimps" t-shirts,
sweatshirts and mugs. Call Signals for a catalog or to place an order at
800-663-9994.
New Dilbert T-Shirts from Quality Classics:
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Look for Dilbert T-shirts and sweatshirts from Quality Classics in retail
stores around the United States. There are eighteen designs, but
individual stores will carry different subsets. Demand them at your
local store or call Quality Classics to find a store near you:
800-735-7185. New designs include: Technologically Superior, Trouble
Brewing, The Loud Dog, Strategy, Cell Mates and Sensory Deprivation
Chamber.
Dilbert Screen Savers
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The Dilbert Screen Saver (Windows) is available at major retail stores
and mail order. If you have any questions or want to order direct from
Delrina, feel free to call them at 800-315-5848 or 800-268-6082.
Online Dilbert Sources
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- World Wide Web (The Dilbert Zone)
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert
If you're a company interested in advertising on the Dilbert web pages,
send e-mail to webmaster@unitedmedia.com (put "Web ad" in the subject
line) or call 800-221-4816 (international callers dial +1-212-293-8500).
(50 DNRC status points if you get somebody to put a link to the Dilbert
web page from another web site. But please only link to the page itself,
not the individual graphics.)
- America Online (older daily strips) (Keyword: Dilbert)
***************** General Dilbert Facts *******************
The cartoon strip Dilbert began in 1989. It now appears in over 600
papers in 15 countries.
The author (that would be me) receives over 250 e-mail messages per day.
I read all of my e-mail personally. I don't have an assistant, unless
you count my cat. If you get a canned response, or no response at all,
it just means my fingers are tired. If you get an incoherent answer it
means I'm up late. If you ask multiple questions I often answer the one
I like.
Despite what you've heard, I don't work at your company. I worked at
Crocker Bank in San Francisco from 1979 to 1986, then Pacific Bell from
1986 to June 1995, mostly in various engineering groups. But I'm not an
engineer by education; I did the MBA thing.
I am not your high school friend of the same name. I did not author the
Scott Adams Adventure Games for computers. I did not go to your school.
The person you know is not my relative. I am not your ex-husband. We
were not childhood friends. I am not related to Douglas Adams. Despite
what your friend says, I don't know him/her.
Dilbert is not gaining weight. There is no particular reason that
neither Dilbert nor Dogbert have obvious mouths.
The most frequently asked question is "Why does Dilbert's tie curl up
like that?" The answer is either A) It's a metaphor for his inability to
control his environment or B) He's just glad to see you.
The boss character has no name. Dogbert's species is unspecified.
Dilbert's company has no name. It's intentionally unclear what they do
for a living, but Dilbert has a degree in Electrical Engineering from
MIT.
Printing, Copying, Reprinting, Licensing of Dilbert
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The copyright and trademark for Dilbert are owned by United Media in New
York. You can call them at 800-221-4816 (International callers use
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use the strip or the characters.
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