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"I was wondering if you might be interested in staking me to a research grant on the economics of marginal subsistence."
"I was wondering if you might be interested in staking me to a research grant on the economics of marginal subsistence."

"I was wondering if you might be interested in staking me to a research grant on the economics of marginal subsistence."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1964
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 1/8 × 10 1/4 in. (20.6 × 26 cm) Sheet: 8 11/16 × 10 3/4 in. (22.1 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1525
"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
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Would you be interested to know that it broke all records for coast-to-coast flight?"
"Would you be interested to know that it broke all records for coast-to-coast flight?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"Would you be interested in a book about Schlesinger, Sorensen and White?"
"Would you be interested in a book about Schlesinger, Sorensen and White?"
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Darling, is the economic slowdown something I should know about?"
"Darling, is the economic slowdown something I should know about?"
Alan Dunn
1970
Home Economics
Home Economics
M. Peter Piening
1968
"I have to be careful what I read. Doctor Craft says my pituitary might run away with me."
"I have to be careful what I read. Doctor Craft says my pituitary might run away with me."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Listen, Claude, I might squeeze you in for dinner between Lottie's wedding and Mother's Day, if you aren't satisfied with Ash Wednesday."
"Listen, Claude, I might squeeze you in for dinner between Lottie's wedding and Mother's Day, if you aren't satisfied with Ash Wednesday."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"I was reading a history and I found out General Grant got to be a general from obscurity as bad as mine."
"I was reading a history and I found out General Grant got to be a general from obscurity as bad as mine."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."
"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."
Alan Dunn
1955
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