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Dilbert Today Wasn’t As Funny As the Original

On Saturday, 10/6/07, my Dilbert comic will only be slightly amusing. It would have been highly amusing but I had to change two words for my editors.

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thought I could get away with “turtle head” because the naughty meaning isn’t universally known and an actual turtle’s head would fit Dilbert’s analogy just as well. So there was a degree of deniability built in. And turtles are cute, damn it!

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Did you know that turtle head is a slang meaning for turds peeking (peaking?) out your butt?

Usually a turd that is on its way out and you have not made it to a toilet.

OH, Man I’ve got to crap really bad. I have a turtle head licking/chewing cotton.

Here’s how the comic ran today in case you missed it.

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Scott Adams is right of course.

Ask your editor if he knows the slang meaning of “turtle head.” Then offer $5 cash to the first person in the newsroom who can tell you the correct answer.

Twice in a week he has censored himself, leaving the best jokes on the drawing board.

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2 Responses to “Dilbert Today Wasn’t As Funny As the Original”

  1. newscoma Says:
    October 14th, 2007 at 10:19 am

    Yup. I knew what a turtlehead is, and was. For the record, funnier with turtlehead.
    Decided not to write complete sentences over here. ;)

  2. Mark Says:
    October 15th, 2007 at 7:16 am

    Somehow I figured you would know! :-)

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