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"It was about this long and had a monogram "M" on it."
"It was about this long and had a monogram "M" on it."

"It was about this long and had a monogram "M" on it."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) Sheet: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0843B
"It was about this long and had a monogram "M" on it."
"It was about this long and had a monogram "M" on it."
Alan Dunn
1942
"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."
"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."
Alan Dunn
1968
"How could it have gone on? About all they had in common was Granola?"
"How could it have gone on? About all they had in common was Granola?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Lester doesn't give a damn about his title as long as he's chief executive officer."
"Lester doesn't give a damn about his title as long as he's chief executive officer."
Alan Dunn
1954
"It wasn't long before the usual "kind friend" let my husband know I had found an outlet."
"It wasn't long before the usual "kind friend" let my husband know I had found an outlet."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Don't you worry about me, Ma'am. I've been in the business too long to have any feelings left."
"Don't you worry about me, Ma'am. I've been in the business too long to have any feelings left."
Alan Dunn
1933
"In our next and final exercise, assume you have bailed out of the controversial F111-A Jet over enemy territory and are armed with the controversial M-16 rifle."
"In our next and final exercise, assume you have bailed out of the controversial F111-A Jet over enemy territory and are armed with the controversial M-16 rifle."
Alan Dunn
1968
"How long have you been commuting on the Long Island Rail Road?"
"How long have you been commuting on the Long Island Rail Road?"
Alan Dunn
1968
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1969
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
Alan Dunn
1969
“Somebody had figured out that it would take 245,678,987,456 potatoes to lick the Axis.”
“Somebody had figured out that it would take 245,678,987,456 potatoes to lick the Axis.”
Alan Dunn
1942