Dilbert by Scott Adams is the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and e-mailed comic strip in the world. Dubbed "the cartoon hero of the workplace" by The San Francisco Examiner, Dilbert has been syndicated since 1989 and now appears in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries and 25 languages.
Dilbert Classics allows you the luxury of pushing the reset button with us, taking the iconic strip back to its first frames. Starting from the beginning and running each strip in succession from its first day of circulation, join in on the genesis of these stories. We're going to the days of fax and dial-up Internet connection frustration, people!
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simpsonfan2 said, 3 months ago
Those came out when I was a kid. One time I was calling someone, got a wrong number. It was one of those machines that answered. The guy said the number, so I knew right away. Later I got to thinking. His tone of voice was so smug, like he thought he was a bigshot because he had a machine to answer HIS phone. My friends were told….He got a lot of prank calls. This, fortunately, was before Caller ID.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago
Dilbert, you’re an engineer, not a philosopher!
Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago
Wonder what message Sheldon from Big Bang Theory would leave?
Or did they cover that? I haven’t seen all of the episodes.
Dave4B said, 3 months ago
@Bruno Zeigerts
Sheldon probably has Caller ID liked to a reverse directory search to generate a message along the lines of:
“Good morning/afternoon/evening [caller name], this is Dr Sheldon Cooper. I’m doing something far too important, which you wouldn’t inderstand, to be able to answer the phone at the moment, but if you leave a message on this digital answering machine, which I have customised to my personal requirements, I’ll consider calling you back if what you say interests me. You have ten seconds or 100 words, whichever is shorter.”
MadCow
said, 3 months ago
Sheldon and Amy’s voicemail greeting on YouTube, 1 minute
Brian K
said, 3 months ago
Both Dogbert and Dilbert shoulda said “Leave a message!”
Fogger_man said, 3 months ago
@Dave4B
You forgot “prevening” LOL
Omnius said, 3 months ago
I like the new answering machines with a pre-recorded message so no more complexly stupid messages. Best of all though is Call Blocking, the best invention since the telephone itself.
Jon Hra said, 3 months ago
@MadCow
Man, I just love that show!
Jon Hra said, 3 months ago
@Omnius
I have an answering machine that speaks in 3 languages: English, Spanish and French. I use the French message and people hang up right away. It’s great!
The Life I Draw Upon said, 3 months ago
Good first line.
Rickapolis said, 3 months ago
I always got a kick out of the people who would tell me, ’Don’t say, “I’m not home right now” on your message because that way a burglar would know that you’re not home and then break into your house.
They REALLY said that.
Dave Marsden
said, 3 months ago
That’s what Facebook is for
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 3 months ago
@Rickapolis
I’m not sure why that’s laughable. Maybe unlikely, but not laughable. But that’s one reason mine says “I’m not available to take your call right now.” Also because it’s my cell phone, so it doesn’t really matter that I’m home or not.
Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago
@Dave4B
Snerk! I can hear him saying that in his mind!