Please find out a source and produce a reference (if possible) for the
popular and very funny Real Life Dilberts email, which typically
states 'A magazine recently ran a "Dilbert Quotes" contest'.

So can anyone trace that magazine competition and provide reference to
the original article?

To see the email, try
http://www.isip.msstate.edu/about_us/misc/humor/dilbert/quotes.html.

Cheers!

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Request for Question Clarification by bio-ga on 06 Feb 2003 04:40 PST

I have just sent an e-mail to Scott Adams and waiting for an answer.
He must be aware of it if the contest is true.

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Clarification of Question by lendu-ga on 07 Feb 2003 05:24 PST

Email Scott Adams is a great idea. Hope he gets back...

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Request for Question Clarification by bio-ga on 17 Feb 2003 10:15 PST

This is the (late) answer from Scott Adams:

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Bio-ga

I've seen it, but I don't know its source. Not the newsletter though.

Scott
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Hope this helps
Regards
Bio

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Clarification of Question by lendu-ga on 18 Feb 2003 08:27 PST

Hmm. So I can safely say this is an urban legend of some sort. First
one to post answer can claim the money.

Antti

Hi,

As a fan (and subscriber) of Dilbert, the topic was also interesting
to me. Since Scott Adams himself is not aware of the contest, it is
most probably an urban legend. The entries are not from the Dilbert
Newsletter, as Adams said.

Hope this helps
Regards
Bio
Google Answers Researcher

Good answer showing commendale initiative by contacting Scott Adams.
However, does not provide answer explicitly - it is still unclear
whether the contest ever took place. But then, how much can you expect
for mere $3?

The earliest source I've found using Google and LexisNexis(News
database) is San Jose Mercury 10 April 1998 Friday Morning Edition
Headline DILBERT FACES REALITY AND SEES HIMSELF. The article is
repeated at http://www.amerispeak.com/dilbert.htm

No idea on the magazine though. 

These are suggested elsewhere but there is no corroboration:
Silicon Valley Today 
(Information dated 12 April 1999)
http://www.wunderhund.com/humor/Quotes.htm

Mr Biker magazine (no date)
http://www.crgalliance.com/enewsletter/53.html

Perhaps another researcher may be succesful.
answerfinder-ga

Thanks for your searches - you got as far as I did. Potentially an
urban legend?
If someone doesn't come up with the original source, happy to rate
your answer hihgly and pay you off...