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"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."
"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."

"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 10 1/16 × 13 in. (25.5 × 33 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 11/16 in. (27.7 × 34.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Keyword/Subject
Object number1979.0782
"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
71. Maturity. My visage strikes you, young man,/ As a vexatious reprimand;/ But when your years have passed fifty/ You will know just what it means.
71. Maturity. My visage strikes you, young man,/ As a vexatious reprimand;/ But when your years have passed fifty/ You will know just what it means.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"...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
"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"
"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"
Mary Petty
1934
"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."
"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."
Alan Dunn
1931
"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."
"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."
Alan Dunn
1963
"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."
"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."
Mary Petty
1936
“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”
“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."
"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."
Alan Dunn
1954
"All I have time for is a rejuvenation - Think I can make it in half and hour?"
"All I have time for is a rejuvenation - Think I can make it in half and hour?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"All I have time for is a rejuvenation - Think I can make it in half and hour?"
"All I have time for is a rejuvenation - Think I can make it in half and hour?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"You say 10,486 and Dummond makes it 11,104--now who am I to believe?"
"You say 10,486 and Dummond makes it 11,104--now who am I to believe?"
Alan Dunn
1942