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"He isn't really ours. He was left on our doorstep by some passing yacht."
"He isn't really ours. He was left on our doorstep by some passing yacht."

"He isn't really ours. He was left on our doorstep by some passing yacht."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1936
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm) Sheet: 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0593
"I guess ours isn't the only planet having its troubles."
"I guess ours isn't the only planet having its troubles."
Alan Dunn
1960
"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
"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."
"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."
Alan Dunn
1968
"But Hubert, how will we know which is ours?", "Patience, dear, we shall plant a tree."
"But Hubert, how will we know which is ours?", "Patience, dear, we shall plant a tree."
Alan Dunn
1926
"I repeat - I love everybody! And it is because of that great love that I am angered by the evil forces among us. Those who stand in our dedicated way are our enemies and must be exterminated! Who isn't for us is against us!"
"I repeat - I love everybody! And it is because of that great love that I am angered by the evil forces among us. Those who stand in our dedicated way are our enemies and must be exterminated! Who isn't for us is against us!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
Alan Dunn
1970
"That's where we Dickermans get our inferiority complex, Harold. He was defeated by Burgoyne."
"That's where we Dickermans get our inferiority complex, Harold. He was defeated by Burgoyne."
Alan Dunn
1932
"I learned this stroke from Mayor O'Brien when he laid our cornerstone."
"I learned this stroke from Mayor O'Brien when he laid our cornerstone."
Alan Dunn
1933
"He pointed out how it's our depression, not just yours and mine."
"He pointed out how it's our depression, not just yours and mine."
Alan Dunn
1933
"It's our Oliver, calling from Wesleyan. He wants a greater voice in something."
"It's our Oliver, calling from Wesleyan. He wants a greater voice in something."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Oh, Daniel, dearest, I've just discovered that Mr. Maltsby here is a distant cousin of ours!"
"Oh, Daniel, dearest, I've just discovered that Mr. Maltsby here is a distant cousin of ours!"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1929
"You see, we have to build our navy up to what the other nations said they would build theirs up to, if we built ours up."
"You see, we have to build our navy up to what the other nations said they would build theirs up to, if we built ours up."
Mary Petty
1934