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"Carry your dossier, suh?"
"Carry your dossier, suh?"

"Carry your dossier, suh?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1943
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink
DimensionsObject: 8 × 8 1/2 in. (20.3 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 8 × 8 1/2 in. (20.3 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0857
"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
"We're going to distribute the interest - You've been letting your midriff carry the whole load -"
"We're going to distribute the interest - You've been letting your midriff carry the whole load -"
Alan Dunn
1960
"You see, Daddy, this set equals all the dollars you earned; your expenses are a sub-set within it. A sub-set of that is your deductions."
"You see, Daddy, this set equals all the dollars you earned; your expenses are a sub-set within it. A sub-set of that is your deductions."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."
"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."
Alan Dunn
1968
"Your office won't take 'the general malaise' as an excuse."
"Your office won't take 'the general malaise' as an excuse."
Alan Dunn
1968
"This is Glub, sitting in for Tom Dunn on the 'Eleven O'Clock News', and I wish to announce that there has been a rather suddne and sweeping change in your government.
"This is Glub, sitting in for Tom Dunn on the 'Eleven O'Clock News', and I wish to announce that there has been a rather suddne and sweeping change in your government.
Alan Dunn
1968
"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."
"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."
Alan Dunn
1968
No caption ("Do your Christmas Shopping Early.")
No caption ("Do your Christmas Shopping Early.")
Alan Dunn
1943
"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
"Your job will be to stand here and pull this lever every time the bell rings. Any previous experience in the baking business?"
"Your job will be to stand here and pull this lever every time the bell rings. Any previous experience in the baking business?"
Alan Dunn
1931
"I think I have the answer to your Buzzards Bay problem."
"I think I have the answer to your Buzzards Bay problem."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1933
"We're sorry, Thompson, but results haven't been what they should. Here's your pin."
"We're sorry, Thompson, but results haven't been what they should. Here's your pin."
Alan Dunn
1938