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"We're going to distribute the interest - You've been letting your midriff carry the whole load -"
"We're going to distribute the interest - You've been letting your midriff carry the whole load -"

"We're going to distribute the interest - You've been letting your midriff carry the whole load -"

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 number1979.2091B
"We're sorry, Thompson, but results haven't been what they should. Here's your pin."
"We're sorry, Thompson, but results haven't been what they should. Here's your pin."
Alan Dunn
1938
"It seems you've been taking the dollar to bed with you."
"It seems you've been taking the dollar to bed with you."
Alan Dunn
1968
"Ask yourself this -- would an increase in your allowance be in the national interest?"
"Ask yourself this -- would an increase in your allowance be in the national interest?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"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
"On the other hand, isn't it comforting to think that somewhere, deep in the eternal vaults of time, your whole earthly career lies recorded in the federal data bank?"
"On the other hand, isn't it comforting to think that somewhere, deep in the eternal vaults of time, your whole earthly career lies recorded in the federal data bank?"
Alan Dunn
1971
"But don't you understand? You're a bear and you've been cornered by the bulls."
"But don't you understand? You're a bear and you've been cornered by the bulls."
Alan Dunn
1928
"When the plunging neckline meets the expanding midriff give me a ring."
"When the plunging neckline meets the expanding midriff give me a ring."
Alan Dunn
1960
"We're really a three-car family, but two of them have been recalled."
"We're really a three-car family, but two of them have been recalled."
Alan Dunn
1969
"I wonder if those Tuscaroras ever stop and think how lucky they were to have been born in America."
"I wonder if those Tuscaroras ever stop and think how lucky they were to have been born in America."
Alan Dunn
1962
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"Really, Professor, I'm surprised that with your cultural background you've never heard of a 'special body'."
"Really, Professor, I'm surprised that with your cultural background you've never heard of a 'special body'."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Carry your dossier, suh?"
"Carry your dossier, suh?"
Alan Dunn
1943