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#1241002 in Books Adams, Scott 2001-04-03 2001-04-03Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .40 x 8.90l, .60 #File Name: 0740713906128 pages | File size: 44.Mb Scott Adams DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub (Mobile book) Excuse Me While I Wag: A Dilbert Book Excuse Me While I Wag: A Dilbert Book Scott Adams : Excuse Me While I Wag: A Dilbert Book before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Excuse Me While I Wag: A Dilbert Book: 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I like, and get Dilbert daily because ofBy Herbert J. BrunIt remindeds me of my days working in a window office back in Massachusetts. I like , and get Dilbert daily because of that0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Laughing hysterically with Scott AdamsBy Vincent EspositoI have several Dilbert books by the corportate iconoclast Scott Adams, they're all hysterically funny, I've never read suchconsistently laugh-out-loud material, my wife just sits, or lies there in amazement (they're great to read before you go tosleep) as I make various laugh sounds. My goal is to someday own all of Scott Adams books, the guy's a comedic genius.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. AHAHAHAHAHBy Teddy282HAHAHAHAHAH So true, so true....*read next comic*MWHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Mr. Adams is a freaking genius people, a genius! All his comics are so real life funny, and things you can relate to. Makes you feel like your not the only one who thinks their boss is ridiculous Cubicle-dwelling business people the world over have been knowingly nodding, faithfully push-pinning their favorite strips to their cube walls, and--most of all--belly laughing out loud ever since Dilbert first arrived on the scene. In this collection, Excuse Me While I Wag, Dilbert and his look-alike dog, Dogbert, once again provide comic relief to anyone who has ever had to inhabit a cubicle, endure an "initiative of the week," or simply work in an office that has, on occasion, caused them to pull out large clumps of their hair. Scott Adams' dead-on humor in Excuse Me While I Wag is sure to satisfy the hordes of fans worldwide who avidly follow the misadventures of Dilbert, Dogbert, Catbert, Ratbert, the pointy-haired boss, and the rest of the cast of characters in Dilbert's world--a world that's eerily like the one we work in daily. About the AuthorWhat started as a doodle has turned Scott Adams into a superstar of the cartoon world. Dilbert debuted on the comics page in 1989, while Adams was in the tech department at Pacific Bell. Adams continued to work at Pacific Bell until he was voluntarily downsized in 1995. He has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1979. .

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