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"Fill 'er up."
"Fill 'er up."

"Fill 'er up."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1939
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 11 × 13 3/4 in. (27.9 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 11 × 13 3/4 in. (27.9 × 34.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0679
“The skipper says to fill it up again as it was all a mistake.”
“The skipper says to fill it up again as it was all a mistake.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"
"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"
Alan Dunn
1967
"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"Gentlemen our attorneys inform me, happily, that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Celler Act, and the FTC are for the moment...ah...Well, let me say...in this instance, at last ...er...inoperative."
"Gentlemen our attorneys inform me, happily, that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Celler Act, and the FTC are for the moment...ah...Well, let me say...in this instance, at last ...er...inoperative."
Alan Dunn
1954
"Psst! Have you told Junior about - er - you know - the facts, yet?"
"Psst! Have you told Junior about - er - you know - the facts, yet?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"Occupation?", "Er - home girl."
"Occupation?", "Er - home girl."
Alan Dunn
1927
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"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
"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."
"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."
Alan Dunn
1942
"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."
"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."
Alan Dunn
1968
"He'll be right up, sir. He's looking for a place to park."
"He'll be right up, sir. He's looking for a place to park."
Alan Dunn
1939
"Another billion rubles! I wish we hadn't started this keeping-up-with-the-Joneses."
"Another billion rubles! I wish we hadn't started this keeping-up-with-the-Joneses."
Alan Dunn
1955