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"Yes, dinner at four-thirty. It gives you a nice long evening."
"Yes, dinner at four-thirty. It gives you a nice long evening."

"Yes, dinner at four-thirty. It gives you a nice long evening."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1939
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 12 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (31.8 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (31.8 × 33.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0675
"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
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
Alan Dunn
1957
Image Not Available for "Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
"Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
Alan Dunn
1926
"A registered Democrat, yes. But what kind of registered Democrat are you?"
"A registered Democrat, yes. But what kind of registered Democrat are you?"
Alan Dunn
1970
Image Not Available for "Did you hear a shot a little while ago?", "Yes, it must have been Helen shooting a rabbit."
"Did you hear a shot a little while ago?", "Yes, it must have been Helen shooting a rabbit."
Alan Dunn
1926
"Our Bureau of Standards gives it a creep-stress rating of 1.036."
"Our Bureau of Standards gives it a creep-stress rating of 1.036."
Alan Dunn
1938
"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."
"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."
Alan Dunn
1974
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
Alan Dunn
1958
"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
"Pontecorvo, yes - but they've got Lollobrigida."
"Pontecorvo, yes - but they've got Lollobrigida."
Alan Dunn
1955
"...and - Oh, yes, the paymaster for the Bijou Manufacturing Corporation. He's one of my "musts"."
"...and - Oh, yes, the paymaster for the Bijou Manufacturing Corporation. He's one of my "musts"."
Alan Dunn
1935
"Yes, we finally moved to the city. We're on the tenth [pub "fifteenth"] floor - Number 1579. Mother didn't want to be buried in the country."
"Yes, we finally moved to the city. We're on the tenth [pub "fifteenth"] floor - Number 1579. Mother didn't want to be buried in the country."
Alan Dunn
1926