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"We better not bawl them out. They've been wanting to get that off their chest ever since they got out of fire school."
"We better not bawl them out. They've been wanting to get that off their chest ever since they got out of fire school."

"We better not bawl them out. They've been wanting to get that off their chest ever since they got out of fire school."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1936
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 16 5/8 × 13 1/4 in. (42.2 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 16 5/8 × 13 1/4 in. (42.2 × 33.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0571
"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
"You know, ever since I heard the truth about Santa Claus I've been simply mad to get the lowdown on Easter."
"You know, ever since I heard the truth about Santa Claus I've been simply mad to get the lowdown on Easter."
Alan Dunn
1930
"Our competitors got out an onion soup with noodles instead of cheese, but by gad, we'll beat them with our new model if we have to crap every machine in the place!"
"Our competitors got out an onion soup with noodles instead of cheese, but by gad, we'll beat them with our new model if we have to crap every machine in the place!"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."
"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."
Alan Dunn
1939
"Pontecorvo, yes - but they've got Lollobrigida."
"Pontecorvo, yes - but they've got Lollobrigida."
Alan Dunn
1955
"They've simplified it. All you've got to remember is..."
"They've simplified it. All you've got to remember is..."
Alan Dunn
1947
"It's getting icy, Ed. You better hop out and put the chains on."
"It's getting icy, Ed. You better hop out and put the chains on."
Alan Dunn
1938
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"I was reading a history and I found out General Grant got to be a general from obscurity as bad as mine."
"I was reading a history and I found out General Grant got to be a general from obscurity as bad as mine."
Alan Dunn
1941
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
Alan Dunn
1941
No caption (boy scouts using boat motor to start fire with out matches )
No caption (boy scouts using boat motor to start fire with out matches )
Alan Dunn
1952