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"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?"

"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1973
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 15/16 × 11 7/16 in. (25.2 × 29 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 11 7/16 in. (25.2 × 29 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2257
"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
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
Alan Dunn
1960
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
Alan Dunn
1945
No caption (sign at gas station: "...The Same Superoctane Gas Used By Our B29s...")
No caption (sign at gas station: "...The Same Superoctane Gas Used By Our B29s...")
Alan Dunn
1945
"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."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Dinner, Friday, with 'some nice Schrafftsy people' they met coming back on the boat?"
"Dinner, Friday, with 'some nice Schrafftsy people' they met coming back on the boat?"
Alan Dunn
1967
"And, may I add, there are still a few desirable apartments available over the church, with free gas, electric refrigeration..."
"And, may I add, there are still a few desirable apartments available over the church, with free gas, electric refrigeration..."
Alan Dunn
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
"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
"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."
Alan Dunn
1951
"Look how fast they go! I guess they're not a student tour like we are."
"Look how fast they go! I guess they're not a student tour like we are."
Mary Petty
1930
"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