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"Do you mean to stand there and tell me you don't stop at Dobbs Ferry?"
"Do you mean to stand there and tell me you don't stop at Dobbs Ferry?"

"Do you mean to stand there and tell me you don't stop at Dobbs Ferry?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1928
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 9 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (25.1 × 18.7 cm) Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (25.1 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1740
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"My dear, do you mean to tell me this was the first time you ever shot a rifle?"
Alan Dunn
1932
"Oh, Gladys, don't be such a bore - I'll tell you when I'm through haaving you lend it to me."
"Oh, Gladys, don't be such a bore - I'll tell you when I'm through haaving you lend it to me."
Alan Dunn
1926
"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."
"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
Alan Dunn
1931
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
Alan Dunn
1964
"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
"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
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
Alan Dunn
1968
"Listen, Jameson, how often do I have to tell you "Thirty days hath September"..."
"Listen, Jameson, how often do I have to tell you "Thirty days hath September"..."
Alan Dunn
1939
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Well, why do you do K.P. if you don't like it?"
"Well, why do you do K.P. if you don't like it?"
Alan Dunn
1950
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
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1948