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"Adolph, dear, do you remember whether it snowed Thursday morning, or was it just drizzly?"
"Adolph, dear, do you remember whether it snowed Thursday morning, or was it just drizzly?"

"Adolph, dear, do you remember whether it snowed Thursday morning, or was it just drizzly?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1929
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 7 3/8 × 11 7/16 in. (18.7 × 29 cm) Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 7/16 in. (18.7 × 29 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1756
"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 -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"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
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Now, men, do you all remember what I was telling you about Japanese booby traps?"
"Now, men, do you all remember what I was telling you about Japanese booby traps?"
Alan Dunn
1943
"My dear, do you mean to tell me this was the first time you ever shot a rifle?"
"My dear, do you mean to tell me this was the first time you ever shot a rifle?"
Alan Dunn
1932
"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
"Now, dear, you mustn't try to do too much in one day."
"Now, dear, you mustn't try to do too much in one day."
Alan Dunn
1939
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
Alan Dunn
1958
"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
"Mind if I ask just what you intend to do with it?"
"Mind if I ask just what you intend to do with it?"
Alan Dunn
1967
"I don't remember the title, but I do know it was by either Max Werner, Rex Werner, Max Lerner or Max Warner."
"I don't remember the title, but I do know it was by either Max Werner, Rex Werner, Max Lerner or Max Warner."
Alan Dunn
1961
"Remember the good old days, when all we had to do was say, "Fess up"?"
"Remember the good old days, when all we had to do was say, "Fess up"?"
Alan Dunn
1966