Economic Downturn Humorist Gifts

'Ugh! Savings sprees are so dull.'

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

'Pretty strange term, market share, considering the whole object is not to.'

"The fish - will it be the market price at the time of ordering, the time of eating or the time of paying?"

"No, it hasn't, but when the sky does fall your investments are going to do very, very, well.''

'We can't move in with my parents - they've moved in with grandma!'

Aliens - 'We heard stuff is cheap here.'

Trickledown economics

"Good to see they're trying to keep the high street vibe."

'Nonsense, Harry, it's my treat. I'm filing for bankruptcy tomorrow.'

Office of economic forecasting.

Escaping Black Hole - '..But captain that's the pensions black hole there is no escape!'

"Times are perfect for us masochists!..."

'We buy and sell them.'

'Oh dear. I seem to have put the decimal point in the wrong place again.'

'Today the stock market closed early so money managers could take time to stop and smell the profits.'

'It's the NEW Chinese Stock Market Report.'

"This town ain't big enough for the both of us and, even if it was, I doubt either of us could afford to buy a place here given the current sellers' market."

'Today a ray of hope . . .'

'I think we're going to have to add another storey downstairs...'

A Double-Dip Recession with Sprinkles

'Great! Thanks to the damn mortage crisis, we've got to live in a neighbourhood now where we wake up with yellow feet every second morning...'

Government Handouts.

Grand Opening and Closing Down Sale simultaneously occurring.

"He is stingy. If he is giving gold it's only because prices have hit rock-bottom..."

"That man's a legend in this office. He has 100% accuracy in predicting the past."

'Someday, Son, all of this will be yo....!'

'Due to budget cutbacks, we need to get by with less.'

'Consumer confidence is up.. in the 'Money in the mattress' sector.'

We've been pre-approved by the credit card company to give them a loan.

'And the good news is - we're in deep doo-doo.'

Red Ink: "Busy as a bee, Ted, given the niche we've cut out for ourselves."

'Of course business is slow. Would we want it any other way?'

Thanks to his stocks, Bob now lives in the middle of a great green garden outside the crowded city.