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"We hope you don't mind, but we want to show our scientists back home a real earthling."
"We hope you don't mind, but we want to show our scientists back home a real earthling."

"We hope you don't mind, but we want to show our scientists back home a real earthling."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1967
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 5/8 × 11 11/16 in. (27 × 29.7 cm) Sheet: 10 5/8 × 11 11/16 in. (27 × 29.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1590
"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
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Mind you, not their whole embassy. We may want to burn it again."
"Mind you, not their whole embassy. We may want to burn it again."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
“I’ll show you how we spend our time,” said the homicide investigator, fingering a stack of cards with photos of wanted people. “What we do is mostly paper work. We show the photos in the neighborhood and hope someone will put the finger on a suspect.”
“I’ll show you how we spend our time,” said the homicide investigator, fingering a stack of cards with photos of wanted people. “What we do is mostly paper work. We show the photos in the neighborhood and hope someone will put the finger on a suspect.”
Leonard Freed
1976
"Have you heard of our Pen-of-the-Month Club? Every month we send you our judges choice of the latest ball-point pens."
"Have you heard of our Pen-of-the-Month Club? Every month we send you our judges choice of the latest ball-point pens."
Alan Dunn
1946
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
Alan Dunn
1957
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"It goes to show you what the human mind is capable of, doesn't it?"
"It goes to show you what the human mind is capable of, doesn't it?"
Alan Dunn
1964
"Wouldn't you think there'd be a place between the first and second centuries where we could rest our feet?"
"Wouldn't you think there'd be a place between the first and second centuries where we could rest our feet?"
Alan Dunn
1958
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Now in transcribing the log, Weldon, you must stick to the official wording. We don't say, ""Fluffy white clouds in a cerulean sky."
"Now in transcribing the log, Weldon, you must stick to the official wording. We don't say, ""Fluffy white clouds in a cerulean sky."
Alan Dunn
1943
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
Alan Dunn
1960