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"Why don't you pray for the money? You have the clout."
"Why don't you pray for the money? You have the clout."

"Why don't you pray for the money? You have the clout."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1971
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 1/2 × 10 3/8 in. (24.1 × 26.3 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 3/8 in. (24.1 × 26.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1991
"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."
"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Well, why do you do K.P. if you don't like it?"
"Well, why do you do K.P. if you don't like it?"
Alan Dunn
1950
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Why don't you fellows just settle this thing right now, for cash?"
"Why don't you fellows just settle this thing right now, for cash?"
Alan Dunn
1947
"Why do you have to go and spoil everything by thinking of it as the East Bronx!"
"Why do you have to go and spoil everything by thinking of it as the East Bronx!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"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 -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Don't eat fruit or vegetables unless they have been cooked or unless you have peeled them yourself." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to India"."
"Don't eat fruit or vegetables unless they have been cooked or unless you have peeled them yourself." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to India"."
Alan Dunn
1943
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."
"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."
Alan Dunn
1936
"Willard, why don't you try to meet the Collector of Internal Revenue sometime?"
"Willard, why don't you try to meet the Collector of Internal Revenue sometime?"
Alan Dunn
1929
"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."
"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."
Alan Dunn
1960
"If you don't mind my saying so, Doctor, "Exegetical Dissertations on Theosophical Redirections in the Twentieth Century won't have quite the impact of "Keep the Faith, Baby"."
"If you don't mind my saying so, Doctor, "Exegetical Dissertations on Theosophical Redirections in the Twentieth Century won't have quite the impact of "Keep the Faith, Baby"."
Alan Dunn
1967