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'''Dilbert''': Apology accepted. }}
'''Dilbert''': Apology accepted. }}
<!-- ** Also in [http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2002-03-10/ this strip], where Wally insults the Pointy-Haired Boss, and claims that he's talking to his mother using his hands-free phone. MOD NOTE: Commenting this one out because it doesn't appear to be a STEALTH insult. -->
<!-- ** Also in [http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2002-03-10/ this strip], where Wally insults the Pointy-Haired Boss, and claims that he's talking to his mother using his hands-free phone. MOD NOTE: Commenting this one out because it doesn't appear to be a STEALTH insult. -->
** This is a recurring trope in ''Dilbert''. See [http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1994-02-22/ "Bingo, sir."] (from 1994), [http://dilbert.com/strip/1994-08-28 "Which?"] (also from 1994), and [http://dilbert.com/strip/2018-06-04 "Engineers give weird compliments"] (from 2018) for just a few examples.
** This is a recurring trope in ''Dilbert''. See [http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1994-02-22/ "Bingo, sir."] (from 1994), [http://dilbert.com/strip/1994-08-28 "Which?"] (also from 1994), and [http://dilbert.com/strip/2018-06-04 "Engineers give weird compliments"] (from 2018) and [http://dilbert.com/strip/2018-06-02 Carol's "novel"] for just a few examples.
* Brilliantly played by Rat in ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'':
* Brilliantly played by Rat in ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'':
{{quote|'''Pig''': My goal in life is to leave every place I visit a little better than when I arrived.
{{quote|'''Pig''': My goal in life is to leave every place I visit a little better than when I arrived.