Armchair Economists Mugs

'Greenspan was back for a guest appearance. He didn't say it's gonna be a bear market. He said it's a beware market!'

Iain Duncan Smith: Welfare reform

"Fred's calculating what future natural catastrophes he can ignore based on his probably life span."

"Feel free to take notes."

"What do you recommend for someone being tried in absentia?"

For some reason, "The Road Less Travelled" GPS package never really caught on...

The intellectual.

A bear is sat on an armchair with old man slippers.

Turkish Democracy

Canine obidience class: 'He wouldn't budge from the armchair.'

The dangerous world of the armchair thinker

"Tell me, Chuck, is barbarism the natural state of mankind, and will it ultimately triumph?"

The burden of carrying the Euro.

"It evened out, for every free kick they got, we had one against us."

The Three Kinds of People

"I don't believe in egrets."

"This may be Malcolm Gladwell talking, but we were married on the wrong day!"

'What do you mean 'theoretically'? Everything we do is theoretical.'

"Lemme guess: You're struggling with the French press again."

It's 10PM. Do you know who is in control of Pakistan's nukes?

'She's not very good. She only did three revolutions and her air wasn't all that much.'

"That's right - 'What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.' You just keep on thinking that..."

"But, doctor, what are the advantages of living longer?"

'Are we watching business news or sports news?'

'Every team needs a role player. And your role on this team, Bill, is to sit at that desk and crunch numbers.'

"Before the library cuts I was well-read now I just have ill-informed opinions."

'Do I believe in evolution? - Well, I suppose we should get it over with.'

"Would you mind moving to your doggy bed? I'd like to sit in my chair. I know you can hear me. Your book is upside down."

"Just when I think things couldn’t get any worse, they replace The Lockhorns with Doonesbury!"

"I'm back from Russia. Putin offered me a Dacha to say he's an honest man."

We pay the maximum minimum wage.

"But now the good guy with a gun has a foot wound."

'Which channel would you like to tut at tonight?'

'Voodoo economics was bad enough, but this voodoo foreign policy....'