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"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..."

"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..."

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 number1979.2059
"I have to be careful what I read. Doctor Craft says my pituitary might run away with me."
"I have to be careful what I read. Doctor Craft says my pituitary might run away with me."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Listen, Claude, I might squeeze you in for dinner between Lottie's wedding and Mother's Day, if you aren't satisfied with Ash Wednesday."
"Listen, Claude, I might squeeze you in for dinner between Lottie's wedding and Mother's Day, if you aren't satisfied with Ash Wednesday."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Now, men, do you all remember what I was telling you about Japanese booby traps?"
"Now, men, do you all remember what I was telling you about Japanese booby traps?"
Alan Dunn
1943
"I was wondering if you might be interested in staking me to a research grant on the economics of marginal subsistence."
"I was wondering if you might be interested in staking me to a research grant on the economics of marginal subsistence."
Alan Dunn
1964
"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"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
"Well, there you are. I guess all I needed was someone to draw me out."
"Well, there you are. I guess all I needed was someone to draw me out."
Alan Dunn
1945
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
Alan Dunn
1933
"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."
"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."
Alan Dunn
1967
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"I suppose there's quite a story behind all this."
"I suppose there's quite a story behind all this."
Alan Dunn
1953