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Do I have to understand it? Can’t I just enjoy it?”
Do I have to understand it? Can’t I just enjoy it?”

Do I have to understand it? Can’t I just enjoy it?”

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1959
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 5/8 × 9 3/8 in. (27 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 10 5/8 × 9 3/8 in. (27 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1353
"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
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
Alan Dunn
1961
"You understand, it isn't that I have any objections to Kennedys as such."
"You understand, it isn't that I have any objections to Kennedys as such."
Alan Dunn
1963
"Just to think, sugar, there was once a time when I thought I could never understand women."
"Just to think, sugar, there was once a time when I thought I could never understand women."
Alan Dunn
1927
"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
"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
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"Wouldn't it be better just to have a couple of small signs telling what we do have?"
"Wouldn't it be better just to have a couple of small signs telling what we do have?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"Mind if I ask just what you intend to do with it?"
"Mind if I ask just what you intend to do with it?"
Alan Dunn
1967
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
Alan Dunn
1941
"You have to relax, Mother. Otherwise, he can't do it so well."
"You have to relax, Mother. Otherwise, he can't do it so well."
Alan Dunn
1937