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"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."
"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."

"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1956
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 11 × 11 7/8 in. (27.9 × 30.2 cm) Sheet: 11 × 11 7/8 in. (27.9 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1275
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1932
"Don't you think four quarts of rum would be Christmas enough?"
"Don't you think four quarts of rum would be Christmas enough?"
Alan Dunn
1972
"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 don't care if he is your rich uncle I think we're going to too much trouble for his visit!
I don't care if he is your rich uncle I think we're going to too much trouble for his visit!
Don Tobin
n.d.
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
Alan Dunn
1960
"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
"Shut up! When I ask myself a rhetorical question I don't want an answer!"
"Shut up! When I ask myself a rhetorical question I don't want an answer!"
Alan Dunn
1948
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"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
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
Alan Dunn
1948
No caption ("Do your Christmas Shopping Early.")
No caption ("Do your Christmas Shopping Early.")
Alan Dunn
1943