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"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."

"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."

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 number1979.2071
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"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"
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"That's fifty cents apiece on each casserole as a deposit, ma'm."
Alan Dunn
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"That's funny... Lincoln's Birthday never gave me any trouble before."
Alan Dunn
1930
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"All right for you, if y're gonna sneak off, Wallace - I must say that's not very white of you."
Alan Dunn
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"That's what I first liked about her-the way she hit out at life."
Mary Petty
1936
That's the way it goes. The standard of living goes up- everybody owns a carpet.
That's the way it goes. The standard of living goes up- everybody owns a carpet.
Joseph G. Farris
1962
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"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
“That’s all very well, old fellow, but have you ever thought where you will be if deflation comes?
“That’s all very well, old fellow, but have you ever thought where you will be if deflation comes?
Alan Dunn
1944
"That Sprouls kid must have kidney trouble - that's the fourth trip up she's made this afternoon!"
"That Sprouls kid must have kidney trouble - that's the fourth trip up she's made this afternoon!"
Alan Dunn
1948
"That Sprouls kid must have kidney trouble - that's the fourth trip up she's made this afternoon!"
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"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"Polyunsaturated fats -- that's why!"
"Polyunsaturated fats -- that's why!"
Alan Dunn
1962