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[music]
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[MUFFLED BUZZING]
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[BUZZING]
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[MAN MOANING]
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[BUZZING CONTINUES]
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[BUZZING STOPS]
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I thought you were gonna wake me at 6:30.
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I also said women like men
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who are shaped like potatoes.
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Can you find the pattern here?
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I had the egg dream again.
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"I, I, I."
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What do you think an egg dream means?
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Mmm, probably an omen.
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A good omen? How many good omens
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involve things that come out of a chicken's butt?
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There only has to be one.
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[SCREAMING]
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Hey, that's my bathroom.
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I didn't know you had your own toothbrush, Ratbert.
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Why would I need my own toothbrush?
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[GARGLES AND SPITS]
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Good morning, shower.
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Good morning, Dilbert.
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Don't you do enough engineering at work?
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Work is just meetings.
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This is engineering.
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If this works, someday all showers will be voice-activated.
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Is it that hard to turn the knobs?
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It's not that it's hard. It's unnecessary.
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99, please.
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99.
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[WHISPERS] 400.
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Heh-heh. Nice try.
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But the shower is calibrated to respond to my voice only.
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You think of everything.
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I'm cautious.
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That's why you had training wheels on your bike
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until your were 17.
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I was 14!
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14.
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[DILBERT SCREAMS]
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99! 99! 99!
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Don't do that!
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Where'd you get the voice for that?
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It sounds like the computer from that stupid movie...
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What was it?
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Something, something, A Space Odyssey?
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It wasn't something, something, A Space Odyssey.
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It was 2001: A Space...
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[DILBERT SCREAMING]
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On the plus side, you look very clean.
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[EXPLOSION]
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[music]
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[CHANTING] Ooh, ah, oh, chee!
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Ooh, ah, oh, chee!
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Ooh, ah, oh, chee!
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Ooh, ah, oh, chee!
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Ooh, ah, oh, chee!
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Ooh, ah, oh, chee!
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[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
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Are we sticking with our ban on useless greetings?
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Yes. Yes.
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Just checking.
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[ELEVATOR MUSIC PLAYING]
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Wally.
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Yes? Push the button.
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Why? Just because I'm standing near them?!
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Yes.
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I pushed the button yesterday.
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Wally, do what Alice says.
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Now why should I do-- Ow!
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[GROANING]
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I had the egg dream again last night.
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I've often said there's nothing more interesting
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than hearing about someone's dream.
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Eggs-- you're not the first engineer to have that dream.
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You, too?
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No, I'm sane.
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Old Jack Cooper had that dream.
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Right before he turned into...
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The Chicken Man.
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It's impossible to turn into a chicken.
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A chicken, yes.
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But chicken man-- that can happen.
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What happened to Jack Cooper?
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He was an engineer.
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Much like you.
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Until they put him in charge of a project.
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The frustration started building up.
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He started having the egg dream.
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He'd stand up during meetings all agitated
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And he'd wave his arms around like a chicken.
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What project was he working on?
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That's the thing.
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No one could agree on the project name.
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That's what got him.
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What happened?
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I think he's with the circus.
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Poor clucker.
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[CIRCUS MUSIC PLAYING]
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VOICEMAIL: Thank you for calling.
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Please dial your password and press "pound."
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You have... 937 messages
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All of which are marked "Urgent."
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First urgent message:
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MAN: This is Ted.
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I'm just calling to tell you I sent you some e-mail.
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Well, that's all.
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Ugh.
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VOICEMAIL: All messages deleted.
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Jeez, the network is slow today.
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Too slow.
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Oh, no.
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Is it...?
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Yes.
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Nothing but resumes. People are bailing out.
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There must be a problem with our new flagship product.
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Ah, the herbal throat lozenges?
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I told them at the rollout meeting
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that anthrax was a bacteria, not an herb.
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No, you didn't.
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I was thinking it pretty hard.
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Ooh, some poor marketing executive
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will have to take the fall for this one.
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Bob, you made quite a mess
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with the herbal lozenges product line.
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Don't believe everything you read
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in all the major news outlets.
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Try one.
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Mmm, worth a shot.
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Bob, you're like a son to me.
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You don't have a son.
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That's where I'm headed here.
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Ooh.
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Now, this isn't easy for either of us.
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But I have to ask you
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to take your huge executive severance package
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and go find a higher-paying job at another company.
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This is barbaric!
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I've given my soul to this company.
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I've heard a rumor!
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Shh! Shh! Ow, ow, ow!
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I'm sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.
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[LOUDLY] I've heard a rumor our lozenges product wiped out a town!
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I can't believe it!
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Those lozenges were made of natural ingredients!
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We can see the devastation.
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But how does this make you feel?
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My throat is moist.
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And the raspiness is gone.
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[GAGGING]
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Back to you.
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He's always late.
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What's he doing that's more important than us?
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[HUMMING]
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Wuh-oh.
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Drawer's almost full.
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I'll need a new desk.
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Hey, Alice.
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Looky!
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[GROANS]
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So what's life like
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in your village, Tong Nee?
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And tell me everything. I'm not paying for the call.
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Well, troops, I assume you've all
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been informed about the problems with our flagship product.
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What? Not me.
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There's no point in killing a dead horse.
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You mean there's no point in beating a dead horse.
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Why would anyone beat a dead horse?
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Why would anyone kill a dead horse?
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Maybe it'd kick you.
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It's dead!
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And so is every customer
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who used our flagship product.
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Now...
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We have a warehouse filled with lethal lozenges
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we are currently converting for usage in ancillary markets.
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Buttons...
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Coinage...
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Teddy bear eyes.
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The point is, we all must embrace change.
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No, that is very bad.
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We don't like that.
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Well, we have to make up for the revenue shortfall
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and there are only two ways to do that:
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Create a new product
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or make massive, painful budget cuts.
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Let's make a new product!
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That is exactly my plan.
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Ooh, I love a plan.
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Excellent plan.
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Phase one:
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We need a name for the product.
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Uh... that's actually the last step.
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You've got the transparencies out of order.
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He doesn't like being corrected.
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Now he must do something terrible to you.
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Something to teach us all a lesson.
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Dilbert...
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I'd like you to take the lead on this project.
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[CLUCKING]
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Step one: the name.
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The name is the last thing you do.
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Oh, use some common sense, son.
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If you don't know something's name
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how do you know what to build?
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Focus groups. Market research.
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Detailed user specifications.
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And the na-a-a-me.
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Do you think the guy who invented the mousepad
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started with the name?
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What's a mousepad?
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[CHUCKLES]
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Feminine protection for mice.
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Oop!
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If we don't know what the product is
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we'll never agree on its name.
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we'll have meeting after meeting after meeting.
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Everyone will want to have input
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Because input is much easier than doing real work.
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The only way we'll ever get
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that many people to agree is... luck!
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[CLUCKING] Luck, luck, luck.
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Oh, that's not a good sign.
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I am not the Chicken Man.
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I'll get you a name.
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Anyway, it's better than massive, painful budget cuts.
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Actually, we're doing that too.
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It's being announced... right now.
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I got your budget cuts right here.
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We expect some looting.
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Maybe you people can just sit here while this happens!
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But not me!
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[GRUNTING]
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[GUN SHOTS]
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How hard can it be to name a product?
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That Jack Cooper just didn't have what it takes.
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[CLUCKING]
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That happens to be the best way to stomp out a fire.
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Dilbert...help.
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I've been shot.
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I've been shot. I've been shot.
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I have a few problems of my own, you know.
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Yeah, I heard about the name thing.
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[GASPING] That's a drag.
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I'm okay.
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Everything's okay.
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Things could be worse.
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Oh, my...
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[CLUCKING] God!
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DILMOM: Why don't you call your product the Vectralux 9000?
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DILBERT: Why would I call it that?
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I'm just trying to help.
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I know it's hard for you to come up with a name
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what with your poor verbal skills.
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There's nothing wrong with my verbal skills.
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It only seems that way
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because my math skills are so high.
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There's no reason to get all nuswartic about this.
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He's more pultaceous than nuswartic.
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Whatever that means-- I am not.
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There, there.
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I know what you're doing.
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Your Scrabble mind games will not work on me.
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It's all very muldipulous if you ask me.
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Mm-hmm.
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Uh-oh...
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[GROWLS]
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Why don't you call your product
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The Gruntmaster 6000?
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What kind of product do you see
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when you imagine a Gruntmaster 6000?
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00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:34,261
Well, it's a stripped-down version
276
00:11:34,261 --> 00:11:36,263
of the Gruntmaster 9000, of course.
277
00:11:36,263 --> 00:11:38,765
But it's software-upgradeable.
278
00:11:38,765 --> 00:11:39,766
Can we just play?
279
00:11:39,766 --> 00:11:42,269
All right then, standard Scrabble rules apply.
280
00:11:42,269 --> 00:11:43,770
No kicking, biting or slapping.
281
00:11:43,770 --> 00:11:45,272
No projectiles of any kind.
282
00:11:45,272 --> 00:11:46,273
Name-calling?
283
00:11:46,273 --> 00:11:47,774
Only on your own turn.
284
00:11:50,277 --> 00:11:51,278
"It."
285
00:11:51,278 --> 00:11:54,281
Give me four big ones, you wrinkled toad.
286
00:11:54,281 --> 00:11:55,782
Yes! Yes!
287
00:11:55,782 --> 00:11:57,784
It? that's not a word.
288
00:11:57,784 --> 00:11:58,785
I challenge.
289
00:11:58,785 --> 00:12:00,787
You challenge "it?"
290
00:12:00,787 --> 00:12:05,292
Give me the dictionary.
291
00:12:05,292 --> 00:12:08,295
What kind of stupid dictionary is this?
292
00:12:08,295 --> 00:12:09,796
Wibster's?
293
00:12:09,796 --> 00:12:12,299
I think it's the one your company makes.
294
00:12:12,299 --> 00:12:13,300
That would explain it.
295
00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:14,301
Explain "it"?
296
00:12:14,301 --> 00:12:15,802
What's an "it"?
297
00:12:15,802 --> 00:12:18,305
"Quixotic."
298
00:12:18,305 --> 00:12:19,806
That's triple word score
299
00:12:19,806 --> 00:12:22,309
Plus 50 for using all seven letters...Q and the X.
300
00:12:22,309 --> 00:12:23,310
That's...
301
00:12:23,310 --> 00:12:26,313
152 stinking, totally lucky points.
302
00:12:26,313 --> 00:12:27,314
Whoa!
303
00:12:27,314 --> 00:12:28,815
Whoo! Whoo!
304
00:12:28,815 --> 00:12:31,818
Yes! In your face, math boy.
305
00:12:31,818 --> 00:12:35,322
[music]
306
00:12:35,322 --> 00:12:37,824
I am so tired of seeing that dance.
307
00:12:40,827 --> 00:12:41,828
"Quizzing."
308
00:12:41,828 --> 00:12:44,831
That's 188.
309
00:12:44,831 --> 00:12:47,334
I'm pretty sure Scrabble only has one Z.
310
00:12:47,334 --> 00:12:48,835
[HISSING]
311
00:12:48,835 --> 00:12:51,338
That's the kind of thinking that allowed you to lose
312
00:12:51,338 --> 00:12:53,340
400 games in a row.
313
00:12:53,340 --> 00:12:54,341
[HISSING]
314
00:12:57,844 --> 00:12:58,845
Thank you all for coming.
315
00:12:58,845 --> 00:13:00,847
Especially those of you who weren't invited
316
00:13:00,847 --> 00:13:02,349
and have no reason to be here.
317
00:13:02,349 --> 00:13:04,351
Sure, no big deal. No problem. Whatever.
318
00:13:04,351 --> 00:13:06,853
To save time, I've hired a consultant
319
00:13:06,853 --> 00:13:09,856
to help us find a name for our next product.
320
00:13:09,856 --> 00:13:13,360
He doesn't look like any consultant I've ever seen!
321
00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:14,861
Recommendation...
322
00:13:14,861 --> 00:13:16,863
Downsize the loud guy.
323
00:13:16,863 --> 00:13:18,365
I take it back!
324
00:13:18,365 --> 00:13:21,368
Anyone else want a piece of me?
325
00:13:21,368 --> 00:13:22,369
[MURMURING]
326
00:13:22,369 --> 00:13:23,870
As you probably know,
327
00:13:23,870 --> 00:13:26,373
all the good product names have been trademarked
328
00:13:26,373 --> 00:13:28,375
by companies who are competent.
329
00:13:28,375 --> 00:13:29,376
Competent?
330
00:13:29,376 --> 00:13:30,877
How are we going to compete with that?
331
00:13:30,877 --> 00:13:32,879
There's still plenty of names left
332
00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:35,882
in the area of Greek mythology, bodily secretions,
333
00:13:35,882 --> 00:13:38,885
diseases and everything involving intestines.
334
00:13:38,885 --> 00:13:40,387
I like all of those things.
335
00:13:40,387 --> 00:13:42,889
Remember, the first rule of brainstorming
336
00:13:42,889 --> 00:13:45,392
is to openly mock the opinions of others.
337
00:13:45,392 --> 00:13:46,893
I thought it was the other way around.
338
00:13:46,893 --> 00:13:48,395
Swift.
339
00:13:48,395 --> 00:13:49,896
Let's start with you accounting guys.
340
00:13:49,896 --> 00:13:51,898
Walter's good at this creative stuff.
341
00:13:51,898 --> 00:13:52,899
He just named his baby.
342
00:13:52,899 --> 00:13:54,901
How is Walter Jr.?
343
00:13:54,901 --> 00:13:56,403
She's fine. Thanks for asking.
344
00:13:56,403 --> 00:13:58,405
Well, that was a dry hole.
345
00:13:58,405 --> 00:14:00,907
Do we have anyone here from Marketing?
346
00:14:00,907 --> 00:14:04,411
[SMOOCHING LOUDLY]
347
00:14:04,411 --> 00:14:05,912
Lie to me!
348
00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:07,914
Our next upgrade will solve the problem.
349
00:14:07,914 --> 00:14:09,916
[MOANING] Uh-huh-hoo!
350
00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:11,418
I like the sound of it
351
00:14:11,418 --> 00:14:13,420
but how do you spell "uh-huh-hoo"?
352
00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:15,422
Walter has a name for the product.
353
00:14:15,422 --> 00:14:18,425
How about...Ford?
354
00:14:18,425 --> 00:14:21,428
Hmm, that seems to be taken
355
00:14:21,428 --> 00:14:23,930
by the Ford Motor Company!
356
00:14:23,930 --> 00:14:26,933
[SOBBING]
357
00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:28,935
Maybe Ford will sell the name.
358
00:14:28,935 --> 00:14:30,437
Everyone has a price.
359
00:14:30,437 --> 00:14:32,439
You're not allowed to talk anymore.
360
00:14:32,439 --> 00:14:34,941
How about something from the disease category?
361
00:14:34,941 --> 00:14:36,443
They can't all be that bad.
362
00:14:36,443 --> 00:14:38,445
How about seborrhea?
363
00:14:38,445 --> 00:14:39,946
I like the sound of it.
364
00:14:39,946 --> 00:14:41,948
[LATIN ACCENT] Seborrhea...
365
00:14:41,948 --> 00:14:43,950
Seborrrrrrhea.
366
00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:44,951
That's not a disease.
367
00:14:44,951 --> 00:14:45,952
It's a condition.
368
00:14:45,952 --> 00:14:47,454
It doesn't have to be a disease.
369
00:14:47,454 --> 00:14:49,456
Let's stay focused.
370
00:14:49,456 --> 00:14:51,958
Diseases, secretions, Greeks.
371
00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:52,959
How about Sisyphus?
372
00:14:52,959 --> 00:14:55,462
The guy who pushed a rock up a hill for eternity?
373
00:14:55,462 --> 00:14:56,963
That fits this project.
374
00:14:56,963 --> 00:14:57,964
Hmm, I like it.
375
00:14:57,964 --> 00:15:00,467
It conveys a sense of playfulness.
376
00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:02,969
It's supposed to convey a sense of futility.
377
00:15:02,969 --> 00:15:05,472
You have to look at it from the rock's point of view.
378
00:15:05,472 --> 00:15:07,974
How about toe fungus?
379
00:15:07,974 --> 00:15:09,476
That's a disease.
380
00:15:09,476 --> 00:15:14,481
Cellulite... cellula... cellulex.
381
00:15:14,481 --> 00:15:15,482
And when you take your sock off
382
00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:17,484
and you can still see the indent on your ankle
383
00:15:17,484 --> 00:15:18,485
Is that called anything?
384
00:15:18,485 --> 00:15:21,488
That's it! I can't take it anymore!
385
00:15:21,488 --> 00:15:24,491
I will not turn into the Chicken Man.
386
00:15:24,491 --> 00:15:25,492
Pick a name, any name.
387
00:15:25,492 --> 00:15:26,493
Here...
388
00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:27,494
Acorn.
389
00:15:27,494 --> 00:15:29,496
Acorn, okay? That's the name.
390
00:15:29,496 --> 00:15:30,997
I know it's taken
391
00:15:30,997 --> 00:15:32,999
but it's just a little mom-and-pop dry cleaners.
392
00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:34,000
We can buy their name.
393
00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,502
Okay then, buy it.
394
00:15:35,502 --> 00:15:37,504
We'll present it to my boss next week.
395
00:15:37,504 --> 00:15:41,007
I feel the curse of the Chicken Man lifting already.
396
00:15:41,007 --> 00:15:43,009
Now all you need is a second name
397
00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:45,011
to present at the same time--
398
00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:46,012
A really bad name.
399
00:15:46,012 --> 00:15:47,013
Why do we need a second?
400
00:15:47,013 --> 00:15:48,014
It's a decoy.
401
00:15:48,014 --> 00:15:50,016
Always give your boss two choices.
402
00:15:50,016 --> 00:15:51,518
One to reject, one to approve.
403
00:15:51,518 --> 00:15:54,020
It creates the illusion of leadership.
404
00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:57,524
You always bring me two choices.
405
00:15:57,524 --> 00:16:00,527
For you, both choices are always real.
406
00:16:00,527 --> 00:16:02,529
Oh...
407
00:16:02,529 --> 00:16:04,030
All right, we need a decoy name
408
00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:06,533
that's plausible, yet frighteningly bad.
409
00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:09,035
Hmm, how about salmonella
410
00:16:09,035 --> 00:16:12,539
in honor of rooster boy here?
411
00:16:17,043 --> 00:16:18,545
Can I speak with the owner?
412
00:16:18,545 --> 00:16:20,046
[FRENCH ACCENT] Why?
413
00:16:20,046 --> 00:16:21,548
So you can make false accusations
414
00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:24,551
about us wearing customers' clothing to sporting events?
415
00:16:24,551 --> 00:16:26,052
I defy you to prove it. No, I--
416
00:16:26,052 --> 00:16:29,055
You don't scare me, you potato-shaped bully.
417
00:16:29,055 --> 00:16:32,058
You four-eyed, tall-foreheaded, short-pants man.
418
00:16:32,058 --> 00:16:33,560
I'm not here to complain.
419
00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,562
[NO ACCENT] Oh, well, we're not French.
420
00:16:35,562 --> 00:16:37,564
Why do you talk-- Because we're rude.
421
00:16:37,564 --> 00:16:39,566
It just sounds better with a French accent.
422
00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:41,067
So, what do you want?
423
00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:43,570
My company would like to buy the name Acorn. We'll pay...
424
00:16:43,570 --> 00:16:46,573
[FRENCH ACCENT] Never! Acorn was our only son's nickname.
425
00:16:46,573 --> 00:16:50,577
It is not for sale as long as this store still stands.
426
00:16:50,577 --> 00:16:51,578
I need that name.
427
00:16:51,578 --> 00:16:53,079
Leave the premises now
428
00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:56,583
or I will be forced to call the strip mall security guard
429
00:16:56,583 --> 00:16:58,084
who, although old and feeble
430
00:16:58,084 --> 00:17:00,086
will whip you and beat you without mercy
431
00:17:00,086 --> 00:17:03,590
until you sing campfire songs in the voice of a little girl.
432
00:17:06,092 --> 00:17:07,594
Thanks for all your help.
433
00:17:07,594 --> 00:17:09,596
The Acorn Dry Cleaners won't last forever.
434
00:17:09,596 --> 00:17:11,097
Just let nature take its course.
435
00:17:11,097 --> 00:17:13,099
Nature? How long will that take?
436
00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:15,101
Hmm, not long.
437
00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:16,603
I'm part of nature.
438
00:17:19,606 --> 00:17:22,609
[VOICE VIBRATING] Would you like to try a vibrating chair?
439
00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:23,610
Get out of my way, you pervert.
440
00:17:30,617 --> 00:17:32,619
Will you be sitting down in any of these?
441
00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:34,120
No, I'm going to run for it
442
00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:36,623
and you might want to do the same.
443
00:17:43,129 --> 00:17:45,131
Sweet mother of God!
444
00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:50,136
[YELLING]
445
00:17:55,141 --> 00:17:57,644
Remind me to never negotiate with you.
446
00:17:59,145 --> 00:18:00,647
Ah, am I late?
447
00:18:00,647 --> 00:18:02,649
Right on time, sir.
448
00:18:02,649 --> 00:18:07,654
Oh, in that case, I've got time to make some phone calls.
449
00:18:08,154 --> 00:18:11,658
That is so rude.
450
00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:15,161
Am I late now?
451
00:18:15,161 --> 00:18:18,665
Yes, but it's not because you're an inconsiderate dolt.
452
00:18:18,665 --> 00:18:21,167
It's because you're more important than us.
453
00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:23,169
All right, so, what do you have for me?
454
00:18:23,169 --> 00:18:24,671
We need your approval
455
00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:25,672
for the name...
456
00:18:25,672 --> 00:18:26,673
Wait.
457
00:18:26,673 --> 00:18:27,674
[SNIFFS]
458
00:18:27,674 --> 00:18:29,175
The smell of fresh ficus--
459
00:18:29,175 --> 00:18:32,178
It transports me back to my youth.
460
00:18:32,178 --> 00:18:34,180
Summers in the Catskill Mountains.
461
00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:38,184
Settle in. This could be a long one.
462
00:18:38,184 --> 00:18:41,688
VICE PRESIDENT: Ah...we'd all go to Turtle Pond
463
00:18:41,688 --> 00:18:43,189
to swim and laugh
464
00:18:43,189 --> 00:18:46,192
and play games amongst the wild ficus.
465
00:18:49,195 --> 00:18:50,196
One day
466
00:18:50,196 --> 00:18:55,201
tragedy struck.
467
00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:57,704
A turtle made off with my trunks.
468
00:19:00,206 --> 00:19:02,709
I stayed in the water as long as I could
469
00:19:02,709 --> 00:19:04,210
but the water was cold.
470
00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:05,211
Soon...
471
00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:07,714
A crowd formed.
472
00:19:07,714 --> 00:19:10,717
They gave me a nickname on the spot--
473
00:19:10,717 --> 00:19:12,719
One that still haunts me.
474
00:19:12,719 --> 00:19:13,720
Acorn.
475
00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,722
[music]
476
00:19:17,223 --> 00:19:19,225
My awful, non-French parents
477
00:19:19,225 --> 00:19:22,228
even named their dry cleaning store Acorn.
478
00:19:22,228 --> 00:19:24,230
[CLUCKS]
479
00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:31,738
But that's all in the past. What do you have for me?
480
00:19:31,738 --> 00:19:35,742
We just need your approval on our next product name.
481
00:19:35,742 --> 00:19:36,743
Salmonella.
482
00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:39,746
Salmonella?
483
00:19:39,746 --> 00:19:41,748
I like it.
484
00:19:41,748 --> 00:19:42,749
[GROWLS AND CLUCKS]
485
00:19:45,251 --> 00:19:46,753
What?
486
00:19:46,753 --> 00:19:47,754
Nothing. No.
487
00:19:47,754 --> 00:19:48,755
What's my other choice?
488
00:19:48,755 --> 00:19:50,757
People usually give me two choices.
489
00:19:50,757 --> 00:19:53,760
Ah... Seborrhea.
490
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,261
Isn't that a disease?
491
00:19:55,261 --> 00:19:56,763
It's a condition.
492
00:19:56,763 --> 00:19:57,764
I like the first one.
493
00:19:57,764 --> 00:19:58,765
By this time next year
494
00:19:58,765 --> 00:20:00,767
I want every person in the country
495
00:20:00,767 --> 00:20:01,768
to be driving a Salmonella.
496
00:20:01,768 --> 00:20:03,770
It's not necessarily a car.
497
00:20:03,770 --> 00:20:05,271
It's not?
498
00:20:05,271 --> 00:20:07,273
Then why are we giving it a car name?
499
00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:08,274
What else do you have?
500
00:20:08,274 --> 00:20:10,777
How about The Gruntmaster?
501
00:20:10,777 --> 00:20:11,778
The Gruntmaster.
502
00:20:11,778 --> 00:20:14,781
I don't know. It's missing something.
503
00:20:14,781 --> 00:20:18,785
Gruntmaster...6000.
504
00:20:18,785 --> 00:20:19,786
That's it.
505
00:20:19,786 --> 00:20:22,288
Less features than the Gruntmaster 9000
506
00:20:22,288 --> 00:20:23,790
but just as fun.
507
00:20:23,790 --> 00:20:25,291
[ALL SIGHING]
508
00:20:25,291 --> 00:20:26,292
Good work, Dilbert.
509
00:20:26,292 --> 00:20:27,794
Wait.
510
00:20:27,794 --> 00:20:28,795
[SNIFFS]
511
00:20:28,795 --> 00:20:32,799
Do I detect the faint odor of chicken?
512
00:20:40,807 --> 00:20:43,810
DILMOM: Did you come up with a name for your product?
513
00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:45,812
It's a long story.
514
00:20:45,812 --> 00:20:47,313
Gruntmaster 6000.
515
00:20:47,313 --> 00:20:48,815
Really?
516
00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,817
That doesn't sound like a long story.
517
00:20:50,817 --> 00:20:51,818
It is a long story.
518
00:20:51,818 --> 00:20:53,319
I made a suggestion, you took it.
519
00:20:53,319 --> 00:20:54,821
Not so long.
520
00:20:54,821 --> 00:20:56,322
There was a lot more. We had meetings
521
00:20:56,322 --> 00:20:58,324
and pre-meetings and...
522
00:20:58,324 --> 00:20:59,826
a dancing acorn--
523
00:20:59,826 --> 00:21:00,827
Burned a strip mall
524
00:21:00,827 --> 00:21:02,829
and I almost turned into a chicken.
525
00:21:02,829 --> 00:21:05,832
And then you used my suggestion...
526
00:21:05,832 --> 00:21:07,333
Gruntmaster 6000.
527
00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:08,334
Whose turn is it?
528
00:21:08,334 --> 00:21:10,837
You know what I must do now, don't you?
529
00:21:10,837 --> 00:21:13,339
Oh, no. Please, don't.
530
00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:19,345
[TRILLING AND CLUCKING]
531
00:21:29,856 --> 00:21:31,357
[music]
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