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"So much for the flowers - Now in the higher forms of life it becomes complicated by the question of money -"
"So much for the flowers - Now in the higher forms of life it becomes complicated by the question of money -"

"So much for the flowers - Now in the higher forms of life it becomes complicated by the question of money -"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1960
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2089A
"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"
"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"
Alan Dunn
1954
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
Alan Dunn
1954
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Tell me, exactly how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"Tell me, exactly how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"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
"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
"I found myself running out of money, dear, so I've decided to take you into my confidence."
"I found myself running out of money, dear, so I've decided to take you into my confidence."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Piggies - gams - tummy - peepers - puss - kisser -There! So much for Anatomy."
"Piggies - gams - tummy - peepers - puss - kisser -There! So much for Anatomy."
Alan Dunn
1960
"...and don't believe that stuff about this being a machine war as I have never seen so much walking done in peace or war."
"...and don't believe that stuff about this being a machine war as I have never seen so much walking done in peace or war."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Remember how quick they were to grant us a responsible voice in management? Well, now they want us to help raise the money to stave off bankruptcy."
"Remember how quick they were to grant us a responsible voice in management? Well, now they want us to help raise the money to stave off bankruptcy."
Alan Dunn
1971