"Confidentially, we want to rid the place of praying mantes."

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"Confidentially, we want to rid the place of praying mantes."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1936

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon

DimensionsObject: 15 × 12 1/4 in. (38.1 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 15 × 12 1/4 in. (38.1 × 31.1 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0590

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"She wants us to get rid of the gurgle."

"She wants us to get rid of the gurgle."

Alan Dunn

1936

"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."

"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."

Alan Dunn

1963

"We hope you don't mind, but we want to show our scientists back home a real earthling."

"We hope you don't mind, but we want to show our scientists back home a real earthling."

Alan Dunn

1967

"Just the same, Ma'am, we must not forget that the nose has a purpose and a place in the scheme of things."

"Just the same, Ma'am, we must not forget that the nose has a purpose and a place in the scheme of things."

Alan Dunn

1931

"Wouldn't you think there'd be a place between the first and second centuries where we could rest our feet?"

"Wouldn't you think there'd be a place between the first and second centuries where we could rest our feet?"

Alan Dunn

1958

"Yes, we finally moved to the city. We're on the tenth [pub "fifteenth"] floor - Number 1579. Mother didn't want to be buried in the country."

"Yes, we finally moved to the city. We're on the tenth [pub "fifteenth"] floor - Number 1579. Mother didn't want to be buried in the country."

Alan Dunn

1926

"We want the button made of some tough, permanent materials."

"We want the button made of some tough, permanent materials."

Alan Dunn

1950

"I'm sure that people we know wouldn't want to belong to the Great Society."

"I'm sure that people we know wouldn't want to belong to the Great Society."

Alan Dunn

1964

"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."

"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."

Alan Dunn

1964

"Mind you, not their whole embassy. We may want to burn it again."

"Mind you, not their whole embassy. We may want to burn it again."

Alan Dunn

c 1965

"No, we specially want color film."

"No, we specially want color film."

Alan Dunn

1945

"No, we specially want color film."

"No, we specially want color film."

Alan Dunn

1945

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