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"Dinner, Friday, with 'some nice Schrafftsy people' they met coming back on the boat?"
"Dinner, Friday, with 'some nice Schrafftsy people' they met coming back on the boat?"

"Dinner, Friday, with 'some nice Schrafftsy people' they met coming back on the boat?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1967
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (24.4 × 27.7 cm) Sheet: 9 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (24.4 × 27.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1587
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Yes, dinner at four-thirty. It gives you a nice long evening."
"Yes, dinner at four-thirty. It gives you a nice long evening."
Alan Dunn
1939
"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
"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
"...and then at the last minute you bring two hundred and fifty extra people in for dinner."
"...and then at the last minute you bring two hundred and fifty extra people in for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Someday it would be nice to go back and visit my old parents on the fourth floor."
"Someday it would be nice to go back and visit my old parents on the fourth floor."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
Alan Dunn
1960
"You know, Mater, I decided it would be nice if you went to Germany and took some baths."
"You know, Mater, I decided it would be nice if you went to Germany and took some baths."
Mary Petty
1931
“I bet things are pretty quiet over at the Met.”
“I bet things are pretty quiet over at the Met.”
Alan Dunn
1959
"We had the roughest trip going over but coming back we sat at a table with two Oxford men."
"We had the roughest trip going over but coming back we sat at a table with two Oxford men."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930