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"And all I have to do to stay this way is pat myself under the chin twenty times a day - "
"And all I have to do to stay this way is pat myself under the chin twenty times a day - "

"And all I have to do to stay this way is pat myself under the chin twenty times a day - "

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 number1979.2063
"You'll be all right in a few days. Just stay indoors, keep the windows closed, and stop reading the 'New York Times Air Pollution Index'."
"You'll be all right in a few days. Just stay indoors, keep the windows closed, and stop reading the 'New York Times Air Pollution Index'."
Alan Dunn
1965
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
Alan Dunn
1958
"Now, of all times, they have to call a meeting."
"Now, of all times, they have to call a meeting."
Alan Dunn
1957
"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
"And oh! The sweetest little pills! Three times a day in water - or was it six times? - I don't know. Anyway, I've got a rundown condition and an awful lot to talk with you about."
"And oh! The sweetest little pills! Three times a day in water - or was it six times? - I don't know. Anyway, I've got a rundown condition and an awful lot to talk with you about."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"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
"All I have time for is a rejuvenation - Think I can make it in half and hour?"
"All I have time for is a rejuvenation - Think I can make it in half and hour?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"All I have time for is a rejuvenation - Think I can make it in half and hour?"
"All I have time for is a rejuvenation - Think I can make it in half and hour?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
Alan Dunn
1958
"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
"Listen, Jameson, how often do I have to tell you "Thirty days hath September"..."
"Listen, Jameson, how often do I have to tell you "Thirty days hath September"..."
Alan Dunn
1939
"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