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"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."

"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1946
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 3/8 × 12 3/4 in. (21.3 × 32.4 cm) Sheet: 8 3/8 × 12 3/4 in. (21.3 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1014
"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
"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
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
Alan Dunn
1945
"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
"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
Image Not Available for "I'm terribly sorry to be late - I had to dress myself."
"I'm terribly sorry to be late - I had to dress myself."
Mary Petty
1944
"Oh, I don't know. If we didn't have crime we wouldn't have Edgar Wallace and all that."
"Oh, I don't know. If we didn't have crime we wouldn't have Edgar Wallace and all that."
Alan Dunn
1931
"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."
"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
Alan Dunn
1942
"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."
"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."
Alan Dunn
1960
"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