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"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."

"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1929
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsImage: 11 1/4 × 11 7/16 in. (28.6 × 29.1 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 × 11 7/16 in. (28.6 × 29.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Keyword/Subject
Object number1986.286
"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."
"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."
Mary Petty
1933
"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."
"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."
Alan Dunn
1936
"The doctor says it's wonderful the way I hold on to my teeth."
"The doctor says it's wonderful the way I hold on to my teeth."
Mary Petty
1934
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"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
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
Alan Dunn
1933
"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."
"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."
Mary Petty
1947
"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."
"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."
Mary Petty
1936
"Agnes called to say that dear old Mrs. Pulsifer passed away at ten this morning and that maybe we could get her apartment."
"Agnes called to say that dear old Mrs. Pulsifer passed away at ten this morning and that maybe we could get her apartment."
Mary Petty
1944
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"I don't know whether this has any bearing on the case, Doctor, but he's allergic to Philadelphia scrapple."
"I don't know whether this has any bearing on the case, Doctor, but he's allergic to Philadelphia scrapple."
Mary Petty
1937
"Please don't bite your nails, dear. You're all I have left."
"Please don't bite your nails, dear. You're all I have left."
Mary Petty
1931