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"I get selected for all kinds of jobs witch is why they call this selective service."
"I get selected for all kinds of jobs witch is why they call this selective service."

"I get selected for all kinds of jobs witch is why they call this selective service."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 13 3/16 × 10 3/4 in. (33.5 × 27.3 cm) Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 3/4 in. (33.5 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1427
"Once and for all get this straight, I am not to be used for personal calls."
"Once and for all get this straight, I am not to be used for personal calls."
Alan Dunn
1942
"To all appearances he was Mr. Frazier and I was a trained nurse out of a job - inside I was asking myself 'Why?'."
"To all appearances he was Mr. Frazier and I was a trained nurse out of a job - inside I was asking myself 'Why?'."
Alan Dunn
1932
"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."
"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Why my goodness, I used to get two fenders fixed for that price!"
"Why my goodness, I used to get two fenders fixed for that price!"
Alan Dunn
1951
"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
"All right, I am afraid! I'm afraid to eat, to drink, to smoke, to drive, to fly, to breathe! And why shouldn't I be?"
"All right, I am afraid! I'm afraid to eat, to drink, to smoke, to drive, to fly, to breathe! And why shouldn't I be?"
Alan Dunn
1962
41. Calavera of the Tailor. You made fine clothes,/ You cut them stylishly/ For men of all habits and ways of life./ You made all kinds;/ Trousers and drawers,/ With buttons and with eyelets;/ And you departed this world, friend tailor,/ To the improvement of your memory/ Among your swindled clients.
41. Calavera of the Tailor. You made fine clothes,/ You cut them stylishly/ For men of all habits and ways of life./ You made all kinds;/ Trousers and drawers,/ With buttons and with eyelets;/ And you departed this world, friend tailor,/ To the improvement of your memory/ Among your swindled clients.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"That's why I hate France - you can't get a decent cup o' coffee."
"That's why I hate France - you can't get a decent cup o' coffee."
Alan Dunn
1928
"There don't seem to be no branch of fighting witch I am not being trained in."
"There don't seem to be no branch of fighting witch I am not being trained in."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Now, of all times, they have to call a meeting."
"Now, of all times, they have to call a meeting."
Alan Dunn
1957
"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."
"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."
Alan Dunn
1968