Credit Cruncher Gifts

'I just need enough money to get out of debt.'

Tonight's Lecture: Your share of the national debt. That explains my credit rating.

'A bit gritty about the collar, but hey, what the heck, I'll take it!'

'Will that be on your store charge?'

Wife Gone To The Sales With ?250 Credit Card.

You don't ask me how I'm going to spend it, and I won't ask how you came by it.

'How much do you want?'

loan

"We ran your credit rating and came up with a negative number."

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

"Forget five-year plans. Let's just figure out how to make it to lunch."

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

'It's only a hunch, but I think everybody bought everything they needed, last time.'

"Miracles happen, gentlemen, but they don't come cheap."

"I’ve combined all your outstanding debt into what we here in the banking business like to call a honkin’ big loan."

'What do you want first - The bad news or the even badder news?'

'You may now turn over your paper and begin.' - 'Sir!' - 'Yes?' - 'What is it?' - 'I think Train 'A' and Train 'B' might be going to crash!'

'Please remember that these figures could be off as much as two dollars.'

'Einstein, the children are getting too complex for me.'

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

Or as I prefer to call it, the 'feel-good' factor.

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

"Although technically it's a profit and loss statement, the narrative is admittedly rather one-sided."

"The trend in tough economic times is to put off everything that doesn't require immediate action ? as this chart shows."

'Actually, accounting is an exact science.'

'First you forget logarithms. Then you forget how to do long division. Then the multiplication table begins to go...'

Girl does mathematical equation. Man says 'Tut! Teenagers today and their problems ...'

'If you're so smart, why don't you have some Index Funds in your portfolio?'

"Son, you're old enough now for The Talk: everything you need to know about compound interest."

'Now, keep in mind that these numbers are only as accurate as the fictitious data, ludicrous assumptions and wishful thinking they're based upon!'

Gerry, there are more accurate ways of balancing the petty cash.

Pi Ala Mode.

Business of Fingerpointing Line Art

Sales chart is buildings in background.