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"Turn down that damn sculpture."
"Turn down that damn sculpture."

"Turn down that damn sculpture."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1966
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 12 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (31.1 × 18.1 cm) Sheet: 12 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (31.1 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1343
"Turn those damn things down."
"Turn those damn things down."
Alan Dunn
1955
"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
"Gascoigne! How do you like my new frock?", "Thumbs down, Eugenie; it's too damn feminine."
"Gascoigne! How do you like my new frock?", "Thumbs down, Eugenie; it's too damn feminine."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Sometimes I wish we didn't have so damn many stockholders."
"Sometimes I wish we didn't have so damn many stockholders."
Alan Dunn
1956
"Damn it all! There's been a leak."
"Damn it all! There's been a leak."
Alan Dunn
1943
"Lester doesn't give a damn about his title as long as he's chief executive officer."
"Lester doesn't give a damn about his title as long as he's chief executive officer."
Alan Dunn
1954
"There'll be time enough to worry about being photogenic if and when the damn thing gets here."
"There'll be time enough to worry about being photogenic if and when the damn thing gets here."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
Alan Dunn
1960
"They agree to turn over control of the university to us, but there's an "if" to it. We have to grant the administration the same right to sit in, protest, and dissent that they granted us!"
"They agree to turn over control of the university to us, but there's an "if" to it. We have to grant the administration the same right to sit in, protest, and dissent that they granted us!"
Alan Dunn
1968
“Can I get my money back if, when my husband sees it, , it fails to turn him on?”
“Can I get my money back if, when my husband sees it, , it fails to turn him on?”
Alan Dunn
1967
"Now I'm going to turn you over to Mr. Foley. Come in, Mr. Foley."
"Now I'm going to turn you over to Mr. Foley. Come in, Mr. Foley."
Alan Dunn
1937
"Say, how do you turn that top light off?"
"Say, how do you turn that top light off?"
Alan Dunn
1939