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"And which of all them smoking monsters is the Ankworks boat, I wonder?"
"And which of all them smoking monsters is the Ankworks boat, I wonder?"

"And which of all them smoking monsters is the Ankworks boat, I wonder?"

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1947
ClassificationsDrawing
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions15 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1972.610
"I lump them all together under "white women"."
"I lump them all together under "white women"."
Mary Petty
1934
"I was strolling along, minding my own business, when down came this U.F. O and out came two huge white monsters."
"I was strolling along, minding my own business, when down came this U.F. O and out came two huge white monsters."
Alan Dunn
1969
"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
"There's a certain honesty about them I like."
"There's a certain honesty about them I like."
Mary Petty
1936
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
Mary Petty
1936
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
Mary Petty
1947
"And all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."
"And all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."
Mary Petty
1932
"I did these when I had the measles and they all had to be fumigated"
"I did these when I had the measles and they all had to be fumigated"
Mary Petty
1941
"Which one is the love potion?"
"Which one is the love potion?"
Mary Petty
1940
"Good heavens! And we never sent them anything."
"Good heavens! And we never sent them anything."
Mary Petty
1933
"And just as Dr. Ewing pronounced them man and wife, the old family lace began to crack up"
"And just as Dr. Ewing pronounced them man and wife, the old family lace began to crack up"
Mary Petty
1937
"Here, Pompey, take these meatballs back to the kitchen and tell Lola to step them up with a little shooting sherry."
"Here, Pompey, take these meatballs back to the kitchen and tell Lola to step them up with a little shooting sherry."
Mary Petty
1937