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"Now where did I put that pencil?"
"Now where did I put that pencil?"

"Now where did I put that pencil?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1936
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 11 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (28.9 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 11 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (28.9 × 33.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0591
"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."
"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."
Mary Petty
1929
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
Alan Dunn
1941
"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
"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
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
Alan Dunn
1944
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
Alan Dunn
1933
"I put just a hint of rosemary in it."
"I put just a hint of rosemary in it."
Alan Dunn
1943
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
Alan Dunn
1944
"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."
"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."
Alan Dunn
1941
"You fool, you! That 'delivery man' you sent to the service entrance happened to be my Uncle Garth - a member of the Union Club, the Metropolitan, the Pig and Garter, director in 32 corporations, chairman of the board of the L.W.R. and B. and Honorary Whip of the Syosset Beagles!" [Well my fine - Mr. Keeper of the portal" added in pencil.]
"You fool, you! That 'delivery man' you sent to the service entrance happened to be my Uncle Garth - a member of the Union Club, the Metropolitan, the Pig and Garter, director in 32 corporations, chairman of the board of the L.W.R. and B. and Honorary Whip of the Syosset Beagles!" [Well my fine - Mr. Keeper of the portal" added in pencil.]
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
"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?"
Alan Dunn
1936