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"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we finish."
"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we finish."

"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we finish."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1951
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 16 7/8 × 12 in. (42.9 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 16 7/8 × 12 in. (42.9 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1181
"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we start, the sooner we finish."
"O.K., men, hop to it! The sooner we start, the sooner we start, the sooner we finish."
Alan Dunn
1951
"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
"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
"I told her I'd sooner marry the Ranger's goaltender, and she just sat there."
"I told her I'd sooner marry the Ranger's goaltender, and she just sat there."
Mary Petty
1932
"Suppose we start by skipping the Acropolis."
"Suppose we start by skipping the Acropolis."
Alan Dunn
1964
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"We had the roughest trip going over but coming back we sat at a table with two Oxford men."
"We had the roughest trip going over but coming back we sat at a table with two Oxford men."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
68. Some Free Advice. If you continually make love/ To an old, wrinkled woman,/ Sooner or later you will turn/ Into a bag of bones.
68. Some Free Advice. If you continually make love/ To an old, wrinkled woman,/ Sooner or later you will turn/ Into a bag of bones.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"But if we couldn't save Wanamaker's and we couldn't save 277 Park, how can we possibly save Penn Station?"
"But if we couldn't save Wanamaker's and we couldn't save 277 Park, how can we possibly save Penn Station?"
Alan Dunn
1962