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Dilbert on Gilbert

A recent Gilbert magazine featured G.K. himself interpolated into the popular Dilbert comic strip by Scott Adams. The text is quite small so I shall reproduce it below:

First Strip
1. Wally: You must be Gilbert. I’d turn to face you, but I’m psychologically tethered to my computer monitor.
2. Wally: To turn away even for an instant would shake the foundations of my world.
3. Wally: The new guy set fire to my cubicle.
Dilbert: Join me. Tether yourself to the water cooler.

Second Strip
1. Pointy-Haired Boss: Gilbert, I have to ask you not to drink frothy ale or stout in your cubicle.
2. Pointy-Haired Boss: Also, I — Great Scott!! Are thos distributists!?! They can’t be in here.
3. Pointy-Haired Boss: Is- Is this unpasteurized milk?
Wally: Someone replaced my microwaveable hot pockets with this fresh home-made bread.

Third Strip
1. Pointy-Haired Boss: Gilbert, I’m afraid we’re going to terminate your employment here.
2. Pointy-Haired Boss: Your faith, your economic ideas, and belief in common sense – It threatens our bureaucracy.
Wally: See if we can keep the goat.
3. Pointy-Haired Boss (with GK’s legendary foe G.B. Shaw): I think Mr. Shaw here will be a much better -er, “fit”.
Gilbert: !!

The sad thing is that this is probably the highest-profile coverage given to Chesterton (and distributism) in quite some time.

Published at 9:02 am on Monday 7 November 2005. Categories: Church Comics Politics Tags: .
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