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"It's good to get back to normal!"
"It's good to get back to normal!"

"It's good to get back to normal!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Datecirca 1966
CultureAmerican
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsObject: 10 1/2 × 11 11/16 in. (26.7 × 29.7 cm) Sheet: 11 × 11 7/8 in. (27.9 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Keyword/Subject
Object number1982.342
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"It's good to get home!"
"It's good to get home!"
Alan Dunn
1963
[Ducks flying through tunnel]
[Ducks flying through tunnel]
Alan Dunn
1951
"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 can kill two birds with this one. It's good literature and it's dirty."
"You can kill two birds with this one. It's good literature and it's dirty."
Alan Dunn
1959
"I must say it'll be good to get back to Gramercy Park, where one has one's own key."
"I must say it'll be good to get back to Gramercy Park, where one has one's own key."
Alan Dunn
1963
"It's not that I don't like a Packard, you understand, but the Chrysler Eight's a mighty good car."
"It's not that I don't like a Packard, you understand, but the Chrysler Eight's a mighty good car."
Alan Dunn
1928
"She made it over into a nursery where any normal person would have had a gun room."
"She made it over into a nursery where any normal person would have had a gun room."
Alan Dunn
1933
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
Alan Dunn
1933
"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!"
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
Alan Dunn
1973