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"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."
"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."

"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1929
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 8 1/4 × 7 5/8 in. (21 × 19.3 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 × 10 1/16 in. (32 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1986.228
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
Alan Dunn
1944
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
Mary Petty
1937
"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
"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."
"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."
Mary Petty
1936
86. Monopolist. I raised the price of beans;/ I cornered the market on corn./ And where do you want to put/ The grim memories of me.
86. Monopolist. I raised the price of beans;/ I cornered the market on corn./ And where do you want to put/ The grim memories of me.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"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'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"
"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"
Mary Petty
1933
"...and a box of old-fashioned wooden matches that you can strike on the seat of your pants."
"...and a box of old-fashioned wooden matches that you can strike on the seat of your pants."
Mary Petty
1936
"I've already told Lizzie we're enjoying perfect weather. Why don't you tell her we're having the time of our lives?"
"I've already told Lizzie we're enjoying perfect weather. Why don't you tell her we're having the time of our lives?"
Mary Petty
1930
"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
"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
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
Alan Dunn
1960