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"There's a certain honesty about them I like."
"There's a certain honesty about them I like."

"There's a certain honesty about them I like."

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1936
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 10 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. (26 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 15/16 in. (29.5 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1986.238
"I like it because there's nothing cringing about it."
"I like it because there's nothing cringing about it."
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
"I think there's another bath in it for you."
"I think there's another bath in it for you."
Mary Petty
no date
"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
"There's one thing you aren't going to like about this place - high tide."
"There's one thing you aren't going to like about this place - high tide."
Alan Dunn
1947
"There's supposed to be a secret drawer in it somewhere."
"There's supposed to be a secret drawer in it somewhere."
Mary Petty
1937
"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
"En garde, Piercely-there's a miller in your beard!"
"En garde, Piercely-there's a miller in your beard!"
Mary Petty
n.d.
"I lump them all together under "white women"."
"I lump them all together under "white women"."
Mary Petty
1934
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
Mary Petty
1936
"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."
"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."
Alan Dunn
1964
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
Mary Petty
1929