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"A lot of boys even took their jallopies with them thinking they could use them in the army."
"A lot of boys even took their jallopies with them thinking they could use them in the army."

"A lot of boys even took their jallopies with them thinking they could use them in the army."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.9 cm) Sheet: 8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1400
Image Not Available for "but I gess Gerneral Grant didn't wear them so the Army don't recognize them yet."
"but I gess Gerneral Grant didn't wear them so the Army don't recognize them yet."
Alan Dunn
1941
"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."
"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Don't eat fruit or vegetables unless they have been cooked or unless you have peeled them yourself." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to India"."
"Don't eat fruit or vegetables unless they have been cooked or unless you have peeled them yourself." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to India"."
Alan Dunn
1943
"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
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
Mary Petty
1936
"The main thing is to handle them with tact. Let them think they invented gun-powder."
"The main thing is to handle them with tact. Let them think they invented gun-powder."
Alan Dunn
1949
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."
"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."
Alan Dunn
1941
"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
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"Isn't it enough for them to have spoiled the Democratic Convention?"
"Isn't it enough for them to have spoiled the Democratic Convention?"
Alan Dunn
1968
"We're really a three-car family, but two of them have been recalled."
"We're really a three-car family, but two of them have been recalled."
Alan Dunn
1969