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"I wouldn't write a check to a Chinese laundry if I were you - what will the bank think?"
"I wouldn't write a check to a Chinese laundry if I were you - what will the bank think?"

"I wouldn't write a check to a Chinese laundry if I were you - what will the bank think?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink wash
DimensionsObject: 8 1/2 × 11 3/16 in. (21.6 × 28.4 cm) Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 3/16 in. (21.6 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1857
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"I think I have the answer to your Buzzards Bay problem."
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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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"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
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."
"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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"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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"I hear you fellows are going to raise the phone rates."
"I hear you fellows are going to raise the phone rates."
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n.d.
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
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Kindl (Alan Dunn)
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"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
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"The new planet has changed everything. I have to alter your encounter with a dark woman to a capacity for hard, arduous work."
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1930
"Just one more chapter, sir, and I promise I'll go to bed."
"Just one more chapter, sir, and I promise I'll go to bed."
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"Are you my roofing - problem man?"
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