A weekend cartoon.
I usually “get” Zippy cartoons — some people are just baffled by them — but here’s one where I don’t see the point; in particular, I don’t see why it’s called “The Best-Seller Principle”:
Any suggestions from the readership?
A weekend cartoon.
I usually “get” Zippy cartoons — some people are just baffled by them — but here’s one where I don’t see the point; in particular, I don’t see why it’s called “The Best-Seller Principle”:
Any suggestions from the readership?
October 24, 2009 at 4:52 pm |
Dilbert.
October 24, 2009 at 4:53 pm |
Seems like just a swipe at dibert, implying that office humor is a cheap cash-in.
Which, uhhh, is hard to argue with.
October 24, 2009 at 5:24 pm |
Ah, Dilbert. Maybe that was just too obvious.
Zippy fairly often plays with other cartoon characters.
October 24, 2009 at 10:50 pm |
One other point of entry to Dilbert is Scott Adams’ spoof The Dilbert Principle, and the book that inspired it, The Peter Principle.
November 3, 2009 at 5:01 pm |
The third guy laughs at “humor” just like the others laughed at “cubicles” and “managers” — seems like it’s saying that “office humor” is as much a part of the bleak, joyless office landscape as anything else, instead of a relief from it. Which is pretty grim.
That or the poor folks have become such mindless data-entry automatons that all they need is a [insert office humor here] to give the correct response: [chuckle].
Which is also grim.