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"Now how do you suppose that ever slipped by the International Ice Patrol?"
"Now how do you suppose that ever slipped by the International Ice Patrol?"

"Now how do you suppose that ever slipped by the International Ice Patrol?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1936
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 14 1/8 × 13 5/8 in. (35.9 × 34.6 cm) Sheet: 14 1/8 × 13 5/8 in. (35.9 × 34.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0575
"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 told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"How do I look to you now - fuzzy?"
"How do I look to you now - fuzzy?"
Alan Dunn
1931
"My dear, do you mean to tell me this was the first time you ever shot a rifle?"
"My dear, do you mean to tell me this was the first time you ever shot a rifle?"
Alan Dunn
1932
"Do you suppose it's a job action?"
"Do you suppose it's a job action?"
Alan Dunn
1971
"What do you suppose can be keeping that damned pigeon?"
"What do you suppose can be keeping that damned pigeon?"
Alan Dunn
1941
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
Alan Dunn
1958
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"Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
Alan Dunn
1926
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"But how do you know destroying the inner Van Allen belt will create havoc until you try it?"
"But how do you know destroying the inner Van Allen belt will create havoc until you try it?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"How do you decline an invitation to the White House when you haven't been invited?"
"How do you decline an invitation to the White House when you haven't been invited?"
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"We hate to mix business with pleasure, Mr. Steen, but how do you feel about giving us that order for 50,000 (indeciferable)?"
"We hate to mix business with pleasure, Mr. Steen, but how do you feel about giving us that order for 50,000 (indeciferable)?"
Alan Dunn
1927