Re: Dilbert cartoon

["Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net>]

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:09:13 -0500, Brett Glass wrote:

>At 04:29 PM 12/9/98 -0500, Eric M. Bennett wrote:
> 
>>Check out today's cartoon at http://www.dilbert.com/ .  The scene is
>>Microsoft Headquarters.
>
>Yes.... The programmer says he must kill himself as an example to others,
>"In our booth at COMDEX."
>
>The real irony in this, of course, is that one could die of suffocation
>merely as a result of ENTERING Microsoft's booth at COMDEX. The crowd
>there was packed so tightly as to be illegal. And representatives
>of other companies, regardless of how large, important, or innovative
>they were, were packed into tiny little cubicles designed to
>make them look as small and trivial as possible.
>
>In short, the booth was a microcosm of "The World According to Microsoft."
>
>--Brett
>
>
>
I can't help myself here...I just think of "hoola-hoops", Davy Crockett Hats",
"Mickey Mouse Ears", "Cabbage Patch Dolls", etc.

Happy holidays,
Erick