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"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"
"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"

"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1936
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 14 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (36.8 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 14 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (36.8 × 34.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0572
"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
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"Is there any place here I can get at my purse?"
Peter Arno
1931
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"Listen here, United Electric, my radio is for alternating current - do you know you're supplying me with direct current!"
"Listen here, United Electric, my radio is for alternating current - do you know you're supplying me with direct current!"
Alan Dunn
1929
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"
"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"
Alan Dunn
1930
“Can I get my money back if, when my husband sees it, , it fails to turn him on?”
“Can I get my money back if, when my husband sees it, , it fails to turn him on?”
Alan Dunn
1967
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
Alan Dunn
1961
"I used to work in the joolery but y' don't get the fine class of people y' do here."
"I used to work in the joolery but y' don't get the fine class of people y' do here."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."
"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"I don't suppose you know where Cartier's is?"
"I don't suppose you know where Cartier's is?"
Alan Dunn
1927