Economic Downturn Gifts

Accountant - Ah Mr Foster, what kind of year have you had?

"Ms. Benton, please phone my wife and schedule a meeting with her for 3:00! I need a hug!"

Sign says: 'Please Help. Downshifting'

"Since they graduated, have any of your children moved back in with you?"

"Sure you lost your government job, but at least you have stock market investments. Whoops, hold on!"

"By God, we'll pull out of this mess or I'm not Otto Von Bismark."

"Get used to it...I think we're going to be eating them for a while yet..."

'Probably we will meet more often these days. Due to the crisis I am working overtime.'

'I felt it was my civil duty to come out of retirement.'

Austerity Christmas Crackers.

Cadbury's "Recession" - Brown Ale Chocolates

"Okay, the market took a dive. No reason to panic, Mr. Spielman."

"The good news is, the stock market's doing okay. . . the bad news is I'm still gonna eat you."

Foreign Markets with Big Barriers

Mario Draghi

"Maybe now, we could look at customer care'?"

'Oh, no! It's all in euros!'

Sub-prime Bear

'Now let's proceed downstairs and see where our stock shares presently sits,'

'I've been sent by the board to ask if you'd be willing to cut your symbolic one dollar a year salary to fifty cents.'

"And then, like an idiot, I turned to the boss and said 'Maybe the stock market isn't the only thing that's been overvalued!'"

'That's where they keep all the money I don't have anymore.'

"This just in! Due to downsizing, the mega-merger of Consolidated Industries and Humungous Corporation has been changed to a simple bankruptcy."

'How long's he been out there?'

'We don't have a mission statement. We have a survival plan.'

Didn't know as much about the market as I thought I did.

You know retail is in a bad way when...

"I remember when you used to see 3 or 4 of these a week!"

"Perkins, sometimes consistency is not a virtue."

"Right, all those in favour of a car boot sale."

'And here is the effect spiraling energy costs, reduced consumer confidence and limited access to credit is having on our company.'

'What gives you the idea we're on a sinking ship?'

'You don't want to go to hell, J.B. In hell, the market is always down.'

'Since bottom line growth has been so robust, big business wants to thank you all in advance for not applying with them.'

'Bad news I'm afraid...You've got the worst inheritence for a generation.'