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"Say, how about us having sort of an office party?"
"Say, how about us having sort of an office party?"

"Say, how about us having sort of an office party?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1950
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 7 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (19.1 × 28.3 cm) Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (19.1 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1175
"We hate to mix business with pleasure, Mr. Steen, but how do you feel about giving us that order for 50,000 (indeciferable)?"
"We hate to mix business with pleasure, Mr. Steen, but how do you feel about giving us that order for 50,000 (indeciferable)?"
Alan Dunn
1927
"Remember how quick they were to grant us a responsible voice in management? Well, now they want us to help raise the money to stave off bankruptcy."
"Remember how quick they were to grant us a responsible voice in management? Well, now they want us to help raise the money to stave off bankruptcy."
Alan Dunn
1971
"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
"The union has just about agreed to a settlement on the basis of the N.L.R.B. formula, but a hitch has developed - they want us to pay for their ads in the "Times".
"The union has just about agreed to a settlement on the basis of the N.L.R.B. formula, but a hitch has developed - they want us to pay for their ads in the "Times".
Alan Dunn
1950
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
Alan Dunn
1937
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
Alan Dunn
1970
"For suspense, how about this? All the time she's waiting at the altar, he's top plane in an airstack over Idlewild."
"For suspense, how about this? All the time she's waiting at the altar, he's top plane in an airstack over Idlewild."
Alan Dunn
1957
"I wonder how the U.N. feels about postwar bonuses."
"I wonder how the U.N. feels about postwar bonuses."
Alan Dunn
1950
"How about another one of the Campanile, this time with my hat on?"
"How about another one of the Campanile, this time with my hat on?"
Alan Dunn
1955
"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
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
Alan Dunn
1945