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"You just can't trust them. Now they're trying to be nicer than we are."
"You just can't trust them. Now they're trying to be nicer than we are."

"You just can't trust them. Now they're trying to be nicer than we are."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1955
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (23.5 × 26 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (23.5 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1249
"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
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
Alan Dunn
1931
"I am now soar because I can't get right in there and battle them Rising Sons of you know what."
"I am now soar because I can't get right in there and battle them Rising Sons of you know what."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."
"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."
Alan Dunn
1970
"This is just the tip of the iceberg. That's just the tip of the ice-berg. Can't we just have the news?"
"This is just the tip of the iceberg. That's just the tip of the ice-berg. Can't we just have the news?"
Alan Dunn
1974
"If you ask me, they've become more than just resistent to the stuff."
"If you ask me, they've become more than just resistent to the stuff."
Alan Dunn
1955
“You can’t miss it. A big heap of stones, Eightieth Street and Fifth Avenue, just south of the Museum.”
“You can’t miss it. A big heap of stones, Eightieth Street and Fifth Avenue, just south of the Museum.”
Alan Dunn
1968
"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
"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
"Why don't you fellows just settle this thing right now, for cash?"
"Why don't you fellows just settle this thing right now, for cash?"
Alan Dunn
1947