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"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we start, the sooner we finish."
"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we start, the sooner we finish."

"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we start, the sooner we finish."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1951
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 16 15/16 × 12 9/16 in. (43 × 31.9 cm) Sheet: 16 15/16 × 12 9/16 in. (43 × 31.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2255
"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we finish."
"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we finish."
Alan Dunn
1951
"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
"Suppose we start by skipping the Acropolis."
"Suppose we start by skipping the Acropolis."
Alan Dunn
1964
"I told her I'd sooner marry the Ranger's goaltender, and she just sat there."
"I told her I'd sooner marry the Ranger's goaltender, and she just sat there."
Mary Petty
1932
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
Alan Dunn
1972
68. Some Free Advice. If you continually make love/ To an old, wrinkled woman,/ Sooner or later you will turn/ Into a bag of bones.
68. Some Free Advice. If you continually make love/ To an old, wrinkled woman,/ Sooner or later you will turn/ Into a bag of bones.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
Baking is the oldest trade in the world. We believe in customer satisfaction and start baking at 1:30 in the morning to ensure freshness. If it's mass produced, you have to take it or leave it.
Baking is the oldest trade in the world. We believe in customer satisfaction and start baking at 1:30 in the morning to ensure freshness. If it's mass produced, you have to take it or leave it.
Bill Owens
1975, printed 2006
"We had the roughest trip going over but coming back we sat at a table with two Oxford men."
"We had the roughest trip going over but coming back we sat at a table with two Oxford men."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."
"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Somehow I didn't connect with his world of experience -", "Why not start the day with a degreaser.", "That's a lot to ask from royal jelly.", "And who did I see coming out of Slenderella."
"Somehow I didn't connect with his world of experience -", "Why not start the day with a degreaser.", "That's a lot to ask from royal jelly.", "And who did I see coming out of Slenderella."
Alan Dunn
1960