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"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."

"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink wash
DimensionsObject: 9 3/4 × 12 1/4 in. (24.8 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 1/4 in. (24.8 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1859
"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
"It's funny, but I've lost all interest in the Union League Club now that it's finished."
"It's funny, but I've lost all interest in the Union League Club now that it's finished."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"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)
1930
"Yes, in the film version it's a woman - in the book it's a gun boat."
"Yes, in the film version it's a woman - in the book it's a gun boat."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1929
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1932
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"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."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"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!"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"Will one be all, sir?"
"Will one be all, sir?"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"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?"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"I think I have the answer to your Buzzards Bay problem."
"I think I have the answer to your Buzzards Bay problem."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1933
"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)
1931