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"Could I wash my hands while you compound my interest?"
"Could I wash my hands while you compound my interest?"

"Could I wash my hands while you compound my interest?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1937
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 15 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (39.4 × 34 cm) Sheet: 15 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (39.4 × 34 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0620
"See here, you! When did you last wash your hands?"
"See here, you! When did you last wash your hands?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
Alan Dunn
1941
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
Alan Dunn
1968
"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
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
Alan Dunn
1933
"I think I'll have my coffee in my cell, if you don't mind."
"I think I'll have my coffee in my cell, if you don't mind."
Alan Dunn
1937
"Mrs. Reginald Vanderpoise wishes to speak with you.", "Oh, dear me, Annie. You'd better hand me my French phone."
"Mrs. Reginald Vanderpoise wishes to speak with you.", "Oh, dear me, Annie. You'd better hand me my French phone."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"You will be glad to know, my sweet, that I have given orders that in case of fire you are the first to be saved."
"You will be glad to know, my sweet, that I have given orders that in case of fire you are the first to be saved."
Alan Dunn
1936