Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 16th May 2000

Dilbert//4049, first published 26 years ago on Tuesday 16th May 2000

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favorite stories meeting with boss urban legends we laughed told stories boss

Official transcript

The Boss approaches Alice who is sitting at her desk. The Boss says to Alice, "Um...how was your meeting with my boss?"

Alice answers, "We each told our favorite stories about you. Then we laughed and laughed."

The Boss looks horrified. The Boss asks Alice, "He has stories about me?"

Alice replies, "He thought they were urban legends."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

UM... HOW WAS YOUR MEETING WITH MY BOSS?

WE EACH TOLD OUR FAVORITE STORIES ABOUT YOU. THEN WE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED.

HE HAS STORIES ABOUT ?

HE THOUGHT THEY WERE UR BAN LEGENDS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Urban Legends"

Summary:

• The comic strip features a conversation between an employee and their boss.
• The employee asks about a meeting with the boss, and the boss responds that they each told their favorite stories about each other.
• The employee then asks if the boss has stories about them, and the boss replies that they thought the employee was an urban legend.
• The punchline is a humorous twist on the idea of an urban legend, implying that the employee is so ordinary and unremarkable that they are almost mythical in their lack of interest or achievement.

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