# Why is this Dilbert Funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270 "2003-06-03T00:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/21 "2003-06-03T14:18:53Z")
The real question is why you would reprint that strip, which makes no sense out of context, in a calendar. ---
**Author:** ![dil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@dil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dil)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/22 "2003-06-03T14:29:50Z")
You’re right. Out of context it makes no sense. But in context, I can see how it would be really funny. The joke is that the comic has _nothing to do with Peanuts_\* and yet it still includes the obligatory **Peanuts** reference. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/23 "2003-06-03T14:31:15Z")
Filler? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/24 "2003-06-03T14:53:09Z")
Just a guess… I have the calendar, but it’s still in the box because I haven’t had a desk since the beginning of the year (was selling insurance and now temping - I’ve been a LOT more active here lately because I have absolutely nothing to do, as opposed to when I was previously busy all the time). Dilbert is kind of a hard strip to work a Peanuts reference into, unlike a lot of other strips that just let their usual thing go for the tribute. I think it’s just a play on the name - segueing from cashews to Peanuts. Granted it’s awkward and not terribly humorous except in sort of a surreal sense when you take it out of context, but I still say bravo to all the cartoonists who pretty much universally broke from their usual thing to pay tribute to the master. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/25 "2003-06-03T15:57:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*I understand that it was a Peanuts reference and all… but what specifially in Peanuts was it referring to? It would have been funnier had it referenced a specific aspect of Peanuts. \*\* Drug test = urinalysis = “pee”. Cashews = “nuts”. That’s really all there is to it. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/26 "2003-06-04T04:54:01Z")
Lordy, that’s it **Max**. I completely missed the connection, but that’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/27 "2003-06-04T05:00:39Z")
I was crossing my fingers while scrolling down, but Max beat me to it. Ahh, Dilbert. You think it’s just a cute cartoon about office life, but then this comes along and real-ly makes you think. ---
**Author:** ![Hauky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@Hauky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hauky)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/28 "2003-06-04T05:59:08Z")
You know, that’s strip (along with the entire comics page from that day) has been hanging in my basement for years, and I _never_ got it. Until now. The wonders of the SDMB, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/29 "2003-06-04T09:34:49Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/30 "2003-06-04T11:32:07Z")
Oh, man, a DOUBLE JOKE in Dilbert. Subtlety, I see. I think Dogbert wrote that one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/31 "2003-06-04T11:47:51Z")
This explains the joke in my “Get Fuzzy” desk calendar last week! Punchline was “Did Charlie Brown ever get to kick that football?” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270/32 "2003-06-05T01:13:24Z")
I love Dilbert but this is just bad. At least I get it now [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-dilbert-funny/179270.md?page=1)