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"Well, we're back. We zoomed like hell through Provence, but the dollar caught up with us at Marseilles."
"Well, we're back. We zoomed like hell through Provence, but the dollar caught up with us at Marseilles."

"Well, we're back. We zoomed like hell through Provence, but the dollar caught up with us at Marseilles."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1973
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 9 3/16 × 10 5/8 in. (23.4 × 27 cm) Sheet: 9 3/4 × 11 in. (24.8 × 28 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1987.008
"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."
"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."
Alan Dunn
1946
"While we're at it, we might as well put up a couple more for Japan and Outer Mongolia just in case."
"While we're at it, we might as well put up a couple more for Japan and Outer Mongolia just in case."
Alan Dunn
1956
"Remember how quick they were to grant us a responsible voice in management? Well, now they want us to help raise the money to stave off bankruptcy."
"Remember how quick they were to grant us a responsible voice in management? Well, now they want us to help raise the money to stave off bankruptcy."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"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
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"And what do we get?The trouble with people like us, Jethro, is that we don't demonstrate."
"And what do we get?The trouble with people like us, Jethro, is that we don't demonstrate."
Alan Dunn
1967
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
Alan Dunn
1948
Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race. I work eighty hours a week and with my real estate investments earn $100,000 a year. I just got divorced. In the insurance business, the public thinks we promise the moon, bit we can only deliver half a moon.
Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race. I work eighty hours a week and with my real estate investments earn $100,000 a year. I just got divorced. In the insurance business, the public thinks we promise the moon, bit we can only deliver half a moon.
Bill Owens
1975, printed 2006
"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."
"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."
Mary Petty
1935
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
"Darling, the Prefab Homes man was just here and he wants us to turn this in for a 1937 model. He says he'll allow us $1200."
Alan Dunn
1937
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
Alan Dunn
1931