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"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"
"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"

"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1930
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 16 15/16 × 12 7/16 in. (43.1 × 31.6 cm) Sheet: 16 15/16 × 12 7/16 in. (43.1 × 31.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1791
"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"
"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"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
"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."
"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."
Alan Dunn
1968
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"I must say it'll be good to get back to Gramercy Park, where one has one's own key."
"I must say it'll be good to get back to Gramercy Park, where one has one's own key."
Alan Dunn
1963
"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."
"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."
Alan Dunn
1939
“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
"That's where we Dickermans get our inferiority complex, Harold. He was defeated by Burgoyne."
"That's where we Dickermans get our inferiority complex, Harold. He was defeated by Burgoyne."
Alan Dunn
1932
"In reply to 768K Chicago send form B486J9-X with paragraph H-JX25 underlined. We'll tell 'em where to get off at."
"In reply to 768K Chicago send form B486J9-X with paragraph H-JX25 underlined. We'll tell 'em where to get off at."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
Alan Dunn
1946
"Listen, Joe - I almost forgot about Mother's Day. Send me another case of Three Star."
"Listen, Joe - I almost forgot about Mother's Day. Send me another case of Three Star."
Alan Dunn
1930