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"I suppose in some neighborhoods you get nothing but the Journal American."
"I suppose in some neighborhoods you get nothing but the Journal American."

"I suppose in some neighborhoods you get nothing but the Journal American."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1944
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 3/4 × 10 in. (27.3 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 10 in. (27.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0894
"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
"I have it! Suppose we get the Historical Landmarks Commission to declare the New Haven a landmark worth preserving."
"I have it! Suppose we get the Historical Landmarks Commission to declare the New Haven a landmark worth preserving."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"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
"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."
"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."
Alan Dunn
1955
"I suppose they'll be tearing it up again soon.", "Oh yes, but we'll get it finished before that."
"I suppose they'll be tearing it up again soon.", "Oh yes, but we'll get it finished before that."
Alan Dunn
1927
"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."
"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."
Alan Dunn
1967
"You'd think she'd get wise to herself some day, wouldn't you?"
"You'd think she'd get wise to herself some day, wouldn't you?"
Alan Dunn
1931
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
Alan Dunn
1944
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
Alan Dunn
1933
"I don't suppose you know where Cartier's is?"
"I don't suppose you know where Cartier's is?"
Alan Dunn
1927