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"It's one of those whistles dogs hear and we don't."
"It's one of those whistles dogs hear and we don't."

"It's one of those whistles dogs hear and we don't."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1943
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink
DimensionsObject: 12 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (31.8 × 28.3 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (31.8 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0878
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"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
Caption: “Maybe it’s part of the ‘New Maturity’, but you don’t see grownups on those damn scooters anymore.”
Caption: “Maybe it’s part of the ‘New Maturity’, but you don’t see grownups on those damn scooters anymore.”
Robert Mankoff
2001
"You can kill two birds with this one. It's good literature and it's dirty."
"You can kill two birds with this one. It's good literature and it's dirty."
Alan Dunn
1959
"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
"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
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
Alan Dunn
1960
"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."
"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."
Alan Dunn
1941
"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
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
Alan Dunn
1972
"It's simply teeming! Now we won't have to drink Lake Erie!"
"It's simply teeming! Now we won't have to drink Lake Erie!"
Alan Dunn
c 1965