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"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."

"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 12 3/4 × 11 in. (32.4 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 12 3/4 × 11 in. (32.4 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0822
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
Alan Dunn
1961
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
Alan Dunn
1960
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink, she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit."
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink, she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit."
Leonard Freed
1976
"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
"A lady's voice, sir, and she has the wrong number, but she says she must talk to someone."
"A lady's voice, sir, and she has the wrong number, but she says she must talk to someone."
Alan Dunn
1937
"Well, her marriage was broken up by an architect, but you really can't blame any one architect."
"Well, her marriage was broken up by an architect, but you really can't blame any one architect."
Alan Dunn
1931
"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
"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 must get all her ideas from the movies she sees. Now she wants a baby."
"She must get all her ideas from the movies she sees. Now she wants a baby."
Alan Dunn
1930
"Exactly! Two children by his fourth wife - one caesarian and one by elective induction - she had to make a train. I always say, if it wasn't for people like Carl there wouldn't be any exploding population."
"Exactly! Two children by his fourth wife - one caesarian and one by elective induction - she had to make a train. I always say, if it wasn't for people like Carl there wouldn't be any exploding population."
Alan Dunn
1960
"Oh, never mind the bell - finish your beer - come up later and we'll make some penuche-"
"Oh, never mind the bell - finish your beer - come up later and we'll make some penuche-"
Alan Dunn
1948
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
Alan Dunn
1943