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"So I told Fairless once and for all the answer was No."
"So I told Fairless once and for all the answer was No."

"So I told Fairless once and for all the answer was No."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1955
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 7/16 × 10 9/16 in. (21.5 × 26.8 cm) Sheet: 8 7/16 × 10 9/16 in. (21.5 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2179A
"So I told Fairless once and for all the answer was No."
"So I told Fairless once and for all the answer was No."
Alan Dunn
1955
"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."
"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Once and for all get this straight, I am not to be used for personal calls."
"Once and for all get this straight, I am not to be used for personal calls."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Shut up! When I ask myself a rhetorical question I don't want an answer!"
"Shut up! When I ask myself a rhetorical question I don't want an answer!"
Alan Dunn
1948
"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
"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
"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
"Instead of telling my child about the flowers, the governess told him all about me and that Mr. Liggett!"
"Instead of telling my child about the flowers, the governess told him all about me and that Mr. Liggett!"
Alan Dunn
1933
"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
"I think I have the answer to your Buzzards Bay problem."
"I think I have the answer to your Buzzards Bay problem."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1933
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
Alan Dunn
1931