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"...five to a tent, but I am not getting any two much rest on account of the old saying that two is company and three more is overcrowding."
"...five to a tent, but I am not getting any two much rest on account of the old saying that two is company and three more is overcrowding."

"...five to a tent, but I am not getting any two much rest on account of the old saying that two is company and three more is overcrowding."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 14 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (36.5 × 33.4 cm) Sheet: 14 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (36.5 × 33.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1430
"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
"Well, all right. Just one more slice and then I must be getting on with my diet."
"Well, all right. Just one more slice and then I must be getting on with my diet."
Alan Dunn
1930
"I don't get no more rest from this than Ann Corio the strip tease dancer."
"I don't get no more rest from this than Ann Corio the strip tease dancer."
Alan Dunn
1941
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
Alan Dunn
1943
"I can lick any man over fifty-five in the house!"
"I can lick any man over fifty-five in the house!"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Exactly! Two children by his fourth wife - one caesarian and one by elective induction - she had to make a train. I always say, if it wasn't for people like Carl there wouldn't be any exploding population."
"Exactly! Two children by his fourth wife - one caesarian and one by elective induction - she had to make a train. I always say, if it wasn't for people like Carl there wouldn't be any exploding population."
Alan Dunn
1960
“I was not badly hurt on account of I landed on my head the doctor says.”
“I was not badly hurt on account of I landed on my head the doctor says.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"It's exactly the same thing, only it doesn't come from Sumatra any more. It comes from the Hackensack meadows."
"It's exactly the same thing, only it doesn't come from Sumatra any more. It comes from the Hackensack meadows."
Alan Dunn
1945