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"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."
"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."

"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1939
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 13 × 17 in. (33 × 43.2 cm) Sheet: 13 × 17 in. (33 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0691
"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
"We better not bawl them out. They've been wanting to get that off their chest ever since they got out of fire school."
"We better not bawl them out. They've been wanting to get that off their chest ever since they got out of fire school."
Alan Dunn
1936
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"You might at least wait until they get here."
"You might at least wait until they get here."
Alan Dunn
1967
"It's getting icy, Ed. You better hop out and put the chains on."
"It's getting icy, Ed. You better hop out and put the chains on."
Alan Dunn
1938
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
Alan Dunn
1948
"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."
"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."
Alan Dunn
1950
"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"
"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"We'd better get the big one- they have a stateroom with bath." [pub-"...they're going on the Leviathan."
"We'd better get the big one- they have a stateroom with bath." [pub-"...they're going on the Leviathan."
Alan Dunn
1928
"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