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"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."
"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."

"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1936
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 10 3/4 × 13 1/4 in. (27.3 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 1/4 in. (27.3 × 33.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0565
"It seems he doesn't ever want to go back to Bali, says he's discovered a veritable island paradise here."
"It seems he doesn't ever want to go back to Bali, says he's discovered a veritable island paradise here."
Alan Dunn
1938
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
Alan Dunn
1937
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"He says he's come to give himself up."
"He says he's come to give himself up."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
Mary Petty
1929
"That's why I hate France - you can't get a decent cup o' coffee."
"That's why I hate France - you can't get a decent cup o' coffee."
Alan Dunn
1928
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
Mary Petty
1937
"All right for you, if y're gonna sneak off, Wallace - I must say that's not very white of you."
"All right for you, if y're gonna sneak off, Wallace - I must say that's not very white of you."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."
"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."
Alan Dunn
1955
"Somehow I didn't connect with his world of experience -", "Why not start the day with a degreaser.", "That's a lot to ask from royal jelly.", "And who did I see coming out of Slenderella."
"Somehow I didn't connect with his world of experience -", "Why not start the day with a degreaser.", "That's a lot to ask from royal jelly.", "And who did I see coming out of Slenderella."
Alan Dunn
1960
“That’s all very well, old fellow, but have you ever thought where you will be if deflation comes?
“That’s all very well, old fellow, but have you ever thought where you will be if deflation comes?
Alan Dunn
1944