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"I can lick any man over fifty-five in the house!"
"I can lick any man over fifty-five in the house!"

"I can lick any man over fifty-five in the house!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1973
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 8 1/8 × 10 9/16 in. (20.7 × 26.8 cm) Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 in. (22.2 × 28 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1987.034
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."
"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."
Alan Dunn
1971
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"...five to a tent, but I am not getting any two much rest on account of the old saying that two is company and three more is overcrowding."
"...five to a tent, but I am not getting any two much rest on account of the old saying that two is company and three more is overcrowding."
Alan Dunn
1941
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
Alan Dunn
1942
“Somebody had figured out that it would take 245,678,987,456 potatoes to lick the Axis.”
“Somebody had figured out that it would take 245,678,987,456 potatoes to lick the Axis.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"
"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"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
"Why shouldn't I use it? There's a good fifty miles left in these tires."
"Why shouldn't I use it? There's a good fifty miles left in these tires."
Alan Dunn
1942
"She made it over into a nursery where any normal person would have had a gun room."
"She made it over into a nursery where any normal person would have had a gun room."
Alan Dunn
1933
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"If I promise not to let it go any further, tell me, how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969