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"Our competitors got out an onion soup with noodles instead of cheese, but by gad, we'll beat them with our new model if we have to crap every machine in the place!"
"Our competitors got out an onion soup with noodles instead of cheese, but by gad, we'll beat them with our new model if we have to crap every machine in the place!"

"Our competitors got out an onion soup with noodles instead of cheese, but by gad, we'll beat them with our new model if we have to crap every machine in the place!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumwatercolor ink wash [brown]
DimensionsObject: 6 5/16 × 8 7/16 in. (16 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 7/16 in. (16 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1852
"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"
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"Our house isn't entirely completed yet. You'll just have to imagine the bathroom."
"Our house isn't entirely completed yet. You'll just have to imagine the bathroom."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
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"I assure you, Madam, our responsibility don't end with installin' the tub. Our aim is to see that you get a thoroughly good bath."
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"Have you heard of our Pen-of-the-Month Club? Every month we send you our judges choice of the latest ball-point pens."
"Have you heard of our Pen-of-the-Month Club? Every month we send you our judges choice of the latest ball-point pens."
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"Our patented bung - that's where Mother Nature comes in."
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"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)
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"Better take your cane, dearest. There's some toal about our Victrola not being paid for."
"Better take your cane, dearest. There's some toal about our Victrola not being paid for."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
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George, the most wonderful thing happened today! We got a $130 refund on our income tax!
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Don Tobin
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"We also have a large selection of low heels, for the sensible woman."
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"And oh! The sweetest little pills! Three times a day in water - or was it six times? - I don't know. Anyway, I've got a rundown condition and an awful lot to talk with you about."
"And oh! The sweetest little pills! Three times a day in water - or was it six times? - I don't know. Anyway, I've got a rundown condition and an awful lot to talk with you about."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
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"We better not bawl them out. They've been wanting to get that off their chest ever since they got out of fire school."
"We better not bawl them out. They've been wanting to get that off their chest ever since they got out of fire school."
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"We had the roughest trip going over but coming back we sat at a table with two Oxford men."
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