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"Just say ""Broad on the starboard beam"", Peters. Don't point!"
"Just say ""Broad on the starboard beam"", Peters. Don't point!"

"Just say ""Broad on the starboard beam"", Peters. Don't point!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 3/8 × 11 in. (26.4 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 10 3/8 × 11 in. (26.4 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0827
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"Peter darling, you can come back just as soon as I finish dressing."
"Peter darling, you can come back just as soon as I finish dressing."
Alan Dunn
1930
"If the Air Force says they don't exist, then they don't exist, Right?"
"If the Air Force says they don't exist, then they don't exist, Right?"
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
“Think it, Cameron. Don’t say it.”
“Think it, Cameron. Don’t say it.”
Alan Dunn
1963
"Now in transcribing the log, Weldon, you must stick to the official wording. We don't say, ""Fluffy white clouds in a cerulean sky."
"Now in transcribing the log, Weldon, you must stick to the official wording. We don't say, ""Fluffy white clouds in a cerulean sky."
Alan Dunn
1943
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
Alan Dunn
1967
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"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
"It's not a demotion, Bill. Cresap, McCormick and Paget just don't think our controller should be handling public relations."
"It's not a demotion, Bill. Cresap, McCormick and Paget just don't think our controller should be handling public relations."
Alan Dunn
1955