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"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"
"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"

"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Datecirca 1965
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsObject: 10 5/16 × 10 5/16 in. (26.2 × 26.2 cm) Sheet: 10 13/16 × 10 15/16 in. (27.4 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1982.297
"Come on, let's eat. It's getting leet."
"Come on, let's eat. It's getting leet."
Alan Dunn
1948
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
Alan Dunn
1928
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"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
"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
"It's exactly the same thing, only it doesn't come from Sumatra any more. It comes from the Hackensack meadows."
"It's exactly the same thing, only it doesn't come from Sumatra any more. It comes from the Hackensack meadows."
Alan Dunn
1945
"It's true, sir, that the State Department let me go, but that was solely because of incompetence."
"It's true, sir, that the State Department let me go, but that was solely because of incompetence."
Alan Dunn
1950
"Another feature - it's cordless."
"Another feature - it's cordless."
Alan Dunn
1965
"Oh dear! It's the what's-their-names. General Motors Pavilion, '65."
"Oh dear! It's the what's-their-names. General Motors Pavilion, '65."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
Alan Dunn
1972
"Oh, George, you weren't supposed to see that yet! It's what you're giving me for Christmas."
"Oh, George, you weren't supposed to see that yet! It's what you're giving me for Christmas."
Alan Dunn
1941
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
Alan Dunn
1945