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"Well, I suppose we asked for it."
"Well, I suppose we asked for it."

"Well, I suppose we asked for it."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1967
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 11/16 × 12 5/16 in. (27.1 × 31.2 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 × 12 5/16 in. (27.1 × 31.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1576
"I suppose we have Mr. Young to thank for this delicious ragout?"
"I suppose we have Mr. Young to thank for this delicious ragout?"
Alan Dunn
1954
"I have it! Suppose we get the Historical Landmarks Commission to declare the New Haven a landmark worth preserving."
"I have it! Suppose we get the Historical Landmarks Commission to declare the New Haven a landmark worth preserving."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"I suppose they'll be tearing it up again soon.", "Oh yes, but we'll get it finished before that."
"I suppose they'll be tearing it up again soon.", "Oh yes, but we'll get it finished before that."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Please don't send me no more packages unless I have asked for them."
"Please don't send me no more packages unless I have asked for them."
Alan Dunn
1942
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"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
"Suppose we start by skipping the Acropolis."
"Suppose we start by skipping the Acropolis."
Alan Dunn
1964
"May I remind the Committee for the Control of Outer Space that we are simply hastening the day when we'll be taking on Mars as underdeveloped."
"May I remind the Committee for the Control of Outer Space that we are simply hastening the day when we'll be taking on Mars as underdeveloped."
Alan Dunn
1960
"Well, I think we should consider ourselves mighty lucky."
"Well, I think we should consider ourselves mighty lucky."
Alan Dunn
1942
"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
"Wall Street final--closing bid and asked!"
"Wall Street final--closing bid and asked!"
Alan Dunn
1944
"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