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How to Buy Dilbert Gifts

Since 1994, when Scott Adams published "Always Postpone Meetings With Time Wasting Morons," legions of "cube dwellers" across the country have transformed Dilbert from a comic strip character into a movement - or at least a phenomenon. Here's how to buy for the Dilbert fan in your life.

Things You'll Need

Dilbert 2000 Calendars
Dilbert Attitude Adjusters
Dilbert Back Stabber Alert
Dilbert Boss Voodoo Dolls
Dilbert Crisis By Number
Dilbert Cubicle Periscopes
Dilbert Cubicle Police Security
Dilbert Silly Slammers
Dilberts By Gund

Instructions

- 1
  Introduce yourself to the cast: primarily Dilbert, Dogbert, Catbert and Ratbert - and, of course, The Boss. A few days of reading the strip - or a quick browse through one of Adams' books - will bring you up to speed.
- 2
  Acquaint yourself with the dizzying array of Dilbert merchandise. This consists of the predictable (mouse pads, card games, calendars, T-shirts and sweatshirts), the practical (mugs, desk organizers, bookends), and the sublimely humorous (Phone Call Flash Cards, a Back Stabber Alert, a cubicle periscope, the Dilbert Boss Voodoo Doll with 14 flagged darts).
- 3
  Decide on the goal of your purchase: to send a co-worker into hysterics? To instigate a covert revolution? To update your cubicle's look?
- 4
  Decide if you'll shop in person or online.

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