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"It's darn near all the way from New York to Buffalo, where some dame suddenly slammed on her brakes."
"It's darn near all the way from New York to Buffalo, where some dame suddenly slammed on her brakes."

"It's darn near all the way from New York to Buffalo, where some dame suddenly slammed on her brakes."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1971
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 1/16 × 12 in. (25.6 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 in. (25.6 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1990
"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
"Have the filet mignon - I'll put it on my expense account as having my brakes relined." [ pub - "Sure - have a filet..."]
"Have the filet mignon - I'll put it on my expense account as having my brakes relined." [ pub - "Sure - have a filet..."]
Alan Dunn
1929
"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
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
Alan Dunn
1933
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
Alan Dunn
1973
"It's from Mrs. Maltby about her dinner--we're to come dressed for 62 degrees."
"It's from Mrs. Maltby about her dinner--we're to come dressed for 62 degrees."
Alan Dunn
1943
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
Alan Dunn
1945
"It's ten minutes after four bells, ma'am. Want some tea?"
"It's ten minutes after four bells, ma'am. Want some tea?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"Now, it's understood that this doesn't obligate us in any way?"
"Now, it's understood that this doesn't obligate us in any way?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"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