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"Shut up! When I ask myself a rhetorical question I don't want an answer!"
"Shut up! When I ask myself a rhetorical question I don't want an answer!"

"Shut up! When I ask myself a rhetorical question I don't want an answer!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1948
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2056
"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
"I want copies of "Green Mansions", "Green Laurels", "Green Pastures", "Green Margins", "Green Hell" and "Green Light", and don't ask me why"
"I want copies of "Green Mansions", "Green Laurels", "Green Pastures", "Green Margins", "Green Hell" and "Green Light", and don't ask me why"
Alan Dunn
1936
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
Alan Dunn
1961
"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."
"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."
Alan Dunn
1964
"All right - all right! I'll shut up - sick as I am -"
"All right - all right! I'll shut up - sick as I am -"
Alan Dunn
1930
"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."
"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."
Alan Dunn
1955
"Does that answer your question, Madam?"
"Does that answer your question, Madam?"
Alan Dunn
1939
"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
"I don't obey the law even when I do agree with it."
"I don't obey the law even when I do agree with it."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."
"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."
Alan Dunn
1956
"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."
"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."
Alan Dunn
1941