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"You might at least wait until they get here."
"You might at least wait until they get here."

"You might at least wait until they get here."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1967
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 9 3/4 × 10 15/16 in. (24.8 × 27.8 cm) Sheet: 9 3/4 × 10 15/16 in. (24.8 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1571
"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
"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
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"My dear child! You don't want a divorce just yet - wait until the right man comes along."
"My dear child! You don't want a divorce just yet - wait until the right man comes along."
Alan Dunn
1930
"Shall I pour you another little drink, Mima?", "Wait till Dr. Cadman gets through with me."
"Shall I pour you another little drink, Mima?", "Wait till Dr. Cadman gets through with me."
Alan Dunn
1930
"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
"Look here, Soldier! It isn't for you and me to decide whether to get out of Vietnam."
"Look here, Soldier! It isn't for you and me to decide whether to get out of Vietnam."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"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
"But how do you know destroying the inner Van Allen belt will create havoc until you try it?"
"But how do you know destroying the inner Van Allen belt will create havoc until you try it?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"Sir, I think Corporal Smith here has a suggestion which might facilitate our retreat."
"Sir, I think Corporal Smith here has a suggestion which might facilitate our retreat."
Alan Dunn
1940
"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"
"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"
Alan Dunn
1944
"Could you wait on me, please? I'm double parked."
"Could you wait on me, please? I'm double parked."
Alan Dunn
1956