For awhile there I thought SA was going soft on the PHB (2008 - 2010). He displayed it less often and when it was displayed, it was in a very soft light. Now the PHB is back in full idiocy - as most managers are, out of touch; out of tune and, in most cases, completely wrong.
I have a suggestion for a new character: A sock puppet that the boss employs to say things he wishes people would say! It would show that Scott Adams can laugh at himself.