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"You can kill two birds with this one. It's good literature and it's dirty."
"You can kill two birds with this one. It's good literature and it's dirty."

"You can kill two birds with this one. It's good literature and it's dirty."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1959
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (21 × 27 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (21 × 27 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1319
"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
"It's Junior. He wonders if you can meet him near the bridge on Cold Ridge Road with a gallon of gasoline."
"It's Junior. He wonders if you can meet him near the bridge on Cold Ridge Road with a gallon of gasoline."
Alan Dunn
1942
"It's probably not what Lady Bird had in mind, but it's nice."
"It's probably not what Lady Bird had in mind, but it's nice."
Alan Dunn
1967
"It's not that I don't like a Packard, you understand, but the Chrysler Eight's a mighty good car."
"It's not that I don't like a Packard, you understand, but the Chrysler Eight's a mighty good car."
Alan Dunn
1928
"It's very real. You can almost imagine the defaulted bonds!"
"It's very real. You can almost imagine the defaulted bonds!"
Alan Dunn
1934
"I can let you have Apartment 23-A cheap. It's supposed to be haunted."
"I can let you have Apartment 23-A cheap. It's supposed to be haunted."
Alan Dunn
1931
"It's good to get home!"
"It's good to get home!"
Alan Dunn
1963
"It's good to get back to normal!"
"It's good to get back to normal!"
Alan Dunn
circa 1966
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"You have to buy two canaries, ma'am. It's Petrillo."
"You have to buy two canaries, ma'am. It's Petrillo."
Alan Dunn
1946
(160/7) “Strictly for the Birds”, untitled [sketch, four birds, one with a dollar bill in its beak]
(160/7) “Strictly for the Birds”, untitled [sketch, four birds, one with a dollar bill in its beak]
Boris Artzybasheff
no date
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
Alan Dunn
1945