Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 30th November 1999

Dilbert//3881, first published 27 years ago on Tuesday 30th November 1999

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day care is closed tess is yeller smokey is biter towns people torched

Official transcript

Carol with a child in each hand comes up to Dilbert, who is at his computer and says, "I brought my kids to work because day care is closed."

Dilbert turns around and Carol introduces the kids. "Tess is a yeller and Smokey is a biter."

Later on... Dilbert, with Smokey hanging from his teeth on his arm and Tess on his leg screaming, is now standing behind Carol, who is sitting at her desk. Dilbert says, "Why is day care closed?"

Carol replies, "The townspeople torched it."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I BROUGHT MY KIDS TO WORK BECAUSE DAY CARE IS CLOSED TESS IS A YELLER AND SMOKEY IS A BITER.

WHY IS DAY CARE CLOSED?

THE TOWNSPEOPLE TORCHED IT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Daycare Chaos"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive hairstyle, who is a software engineer at a company. The story begins with Dilbert bringing his kids to work because daycare is closed. His boss, a man with a similar hairstyle, is not pleased with this arrangement.

As the day progresses, Dilbert's kids cause chaos in the office, with one child, Tess, biting Smokey, and another child, the one in green, being carried away by Dilbert. The boss becomes increasingly frustrated, asking why daycare is closed and why the townspeople torched it.

The comic strip pokes fun at the challenges of working with children in the office and the absurdity of the situation. It highlights the difficulties of balancing work and family responsibilities, as well as the humor in the unexpected events that can occur when kids are brought to work.

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