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"Don't you think four quarts of rum would be Christmas enough?"
"Don't you think four quarts of rum would be Christmas enough?"

"Don't you think four quarts of rum would be Christmas enough?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1972
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 7 7/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20 × 25.3 cm) Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (20 × 26.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1987.003
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"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."
"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."
Alan Dunn
1956
"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
"Lady, would you mind turning down that radio?", "Do you think city life makes us neurotic?"
"Lady, would you mind turning down that radio?", "Do you think city life makes us neurotic?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"I'd order a full case, dear. Christmas can be pretty grim, you know."
"I'd order a full case, dear. Christmas can be pretty grim, you know."
Alan Dunn
1941
"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
"Oh, Please! Two tickets for 'Jesus Christ Superstar', just to help make Christmas Christmas."
"Oh, Please! Two tickets for 'Jesus Christ Superstar', just to help make Christmas Christmas."
Alan Dunn
1971
"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
"Would you care to know, dear, that your 'hazy morn of an enchanted day in May' is composed of six-tenths parts per million sulfur dioxide, two parts per million carbon monoxide, four parts per million hydrocarbons, three parts...."
"Would you care to know, dear, that your 'hazy morn of an enchanted day in May' is composed of six-tenths parts per million sulfur dioxide, two parts per million carbon monoxide, four parts per million hydrocarbons, three parts...."
Alan Dunn
1968
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
Alan Dunn
1968
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
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"These behind-the-scenes tea breaks accomplish a lot more than all those formal conferences, don't you think?"
"These behind-the-scenes tea breaks accomplish a lot more than all those formal conferences, don't you think?"
Alan Dunn
1969