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"Six per cent less France, Three per cent less Italy, one per cent less England, and we'll just squeeze by."
"Six per cent less France, Three per cent less Italy, one per cent less England, and we'll just squeeze by."

"Six per cent less France, Three per cent less Italy, one per cent less England, and we'll just squeeze by."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1973
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 9 1/16 × 8 1/2 in. (23 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 9 5/8 × 9 1/16 in. (24.5 × 23 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1987.012
"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
"The management is informed that a new group now owns 41 per cent of the stock, and demands four of the company's nine directorships."
"The management is informed that a new group now owns 41 per cent of the stock, and demands four of the company's nine directorships."
Alan Dunn
1955
"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
"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."
"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Think of it this way. The whole world is broke, but the United States is less broke."
"Think of it this way. The whole world is broke, but the United States is less broke."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
“Any sheet of iron with bolts less than an inch thick is considered deluxe upholstery.”
“Any sheet of iron with bolts less than an inch thick is considered deluxe upholstery.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"This one's thirty cents more, it has more "up"."
"This one's thirty cents more, it has more "up"."
Alan Dunn
1939
Architecture was ill-prepared to cope with eyes that passed 50-60 miles per hour.
Architecture was ill-prepared to cope with eyes that passed 50-60 miles per hour.
Alan Dunn
1957
"Would you boys make just a little less noise!"
"Would you boys make just a little less noise!"
Walt Kuhn
n.d.
"That's fifty cents apiece on each casserole as a deposit, ma'm."
"That's fifty cents apiece on each casserole as a deposit, ma'm."
Alan Dunn
1948
"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."
"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."
Alan Dunn
1974
"If they overhaul the world's monetary system, what happens to my eighty-two dollars and fifty seven cents?"
"If they overhaul the world's monetary system, what happens to my eighty-two dollars and fifty seven cents?"
Alan Dunn
1972