Casual Economist Pillows

"Don't worry mate... We've rung for an economist."

'If the economy's ground to a halt, we can help by carrying on shopping...'

The way I see it, the stock market is like a hot dog...it goes down, but it always comes up.

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

I'm not good with names but never forget a face. Of course, that's not very useful right now.

'The second diet of my diet is always the easiest. By then, I'm off my diet.'

'The reason I like this guy's stock picks is, he's not burdened by having any experience in finance whatsoever.'

'Anorak anoraks'.

A trevor of trainspotters

Bookshop: Unpopular Economics

"I just haven't been feeling very omnipotent lately."

You invested in Facebook?! How could you? That bugs you? You, of all people, are mad that the FTC is suing Meta Platforms in an antitrust case? No, I mean how can you afford to invest? If you can afford to buy stock, then I pay you way too much. It was only $40! Quiet, I'm calculating your pay cut.

Shopper in grocery store sees TV dinners marked daytime and prime time.

'...Sometimes the sheer monotony of it all just gets me down.'

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

'You can't win - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but ignorance is no excuse!'

'Stocks rose on news that '90% of success is just being there.''

Sports Fan - Whoever's Winning

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

'Let there be cool.'

'Maybe we could hold the wedding on 'Casual Friday'.'

"Yoga has helped me appreciate the healing power of donuts."

'It's true that I never fulfilled my early promise of greatness, but I DID manage to catch a lot of really outstanding TV!'

"I just realized that unless I'm riding for some cause, I must look like an idiot."

"I've tried Buddhism, Taoism, Transendental meditation, Confucionism, Theolog, Scientgology....but I've found a good hand rolled joint of homegrown works best!"

"Well, I finally found God. ... God is really good at Trivial Pursuit."

"Fetch and roll over weren't enough-then they sent me to philosophy classes."

"I'm not gonna take my grievances to the street anymore, but I sure will take them to Facebook!"

Ignorance and Bliss

"Hey, bro...it's the least I could do."

For the last time, Barb, I'm not ignoring you., I'm just eating.

"Yjere didn't seem any point in making any supper..."

"I see a vague figure of someone groping...groping...groping..Yes, yes, it's coming in more clearly now! It seems to be—yes, it is a man! The man has a briefcase! And some papers! The man is an economist!"

'I simply don't know what I'd do with mother, if it wasn't for the squatters!'

"Frankly, I could move a lot faster, but the truth is that I lack motivation..."