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"Listen, Claude, I might squeeze you in for dinner between Lottie's wedding and Mother's Day, if you aren't satisfied with Ash Wednesday."
"Listen, Claude, I might squeeze you in for dinner between Lottie's wedding and Mother's Day, if you aren't satisfied with Ash Wednesday."

"Listen, Claude, I might squeeze you in for dinner between Lottie's wedding and Mother's Day, if you aren't satisfied with Ash Wednesday."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 13 3/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.9 × 25.7 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.9 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1838
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"Listen, Joe - I almost forgot about Mother's Day. Send me another case of Three Star."
"Listen, Joe - I almost forgot about Mother's Day. Send me another case of Three Star."
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"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..."
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"Listen, Jameson, how often do I have to tell you "Thirty days hath September"..."
"Listen, Jameson, how often do I have to tell you "Thirty days hath September"..."
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"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
Alan Dunn
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"Dear Heavens, Eldred, do be careful! This is Mother's Day."
"Dear Heavens, Eldred, do be careful! This is Mother's Day."
Alan Dunn
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"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 -."
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1948
"A cheap bunch, this Broadway crowd, if you ask me, Julian - let's squeeze over to Fift' and pick up a coupla debutantes."
"A cheap bunch, this Broadway crowd, if you ask me, Julian - let's squeeze over to Fift' and pick up a coupla debutantes."
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"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
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1936
"I was wondering if you might be interested in staking me to a research grant on the economics of marginal subsistence."
"I was wondering if you might be interested in staking me to a research grant on the economics of marginal subsistence."
Alan Dunn
1964
"We might have dinner together sometime - huh, Louise?"
"We might have dinner together sometime - huh, Louise?"
Alan Dunn
1930