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"It's O.K. on nitrates, phosphorus, potash, and lime. My guess is we've got a boron deficiency."
"It's O.K. on nitrates, phosphorus, potash, and lime. My guess is we've got a boron deficiency."

"It's O.K. on nitrates, phosphorus, potash, and lime. My guess is we've got a boron deficiency."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1949
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 5/16 × 11 7/8 in. (23.6 × 30.1 cm) Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 7/8 in. (23.6 × 30.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1926
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
Alan Dunn
1972
"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
"Sorry, sir. We've decided it's a lost art."
"Sorry, sir. We've decided it's a lost art."
Alan Dunn
1936
"Oh, we're coming along. We've got everything now but the roof and one wall unit."
"Oh, we're coming along. We've got everything now but the roof and one wall unit."
Alan Dunn
1947
"Personally, I don't see any reason to be afraid of another depression, not with all the know-how we've got."
"Personally, I don't see any reason to be afraid of another depression, not with all the know-how we've got."
Alan Dunn
1947
"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."
"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."
Alan Dunn
1949
"Well, I think we've got it licked now."
"Well, I think we've got it licked now."
Alan Dunn
1936
"We got it cheap because it's outside the fifty-mile television radius."
"We got it cheap because it's outside the fifty-mile television radius."
Alan Dunn
1939
"One thing I try never to forget - it's my bread and butter."
"One thing I try never to forget - it's my bread and butter."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"It's a condition of my stomach I've confided only to yourself and a few choice spirits."
"It's a condition of my stomach I've confided only to yourself and a few choice spirits."
Alan Dunn
1933
Image Not Available for "It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
"It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
Alan Dunn
1928