Economic Downturn Survivor Gifts

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

Vulture waiting outside a failing business.

'I run a small investment firm. Unfortunately, it used to be a large investment firm.'

Social Networking Sites for the Unemployed

'If the market should go down really deep, I'll be well prepared!'

'I'm here for making a killing in the stock market. I shot my broker.'

Mario Draghi

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

'Normally, I would give credit where credit is due but we're in a credit crunch. Therefore, I will take all the credit for your hard work on this project.'

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

'This app is linked to my financial advisor and provides simulated hand holding when the market is down.'

'Our fund lost millions, but the good news is our management fees are not based on performance.'

'How long's he been out there?'

"Here, we realized it was not some awful fever dream."

Fairy Tales. The piggy bank's been smiling a lot lately. He's the only one who didn't lose his savings in the stock market meltdown.

'McWit Plumbing and Lite Puff Pastries.' The only way to survive in today's economy it's good to diversify.'

"Phew! I'm glad this part of the ride is over..."

'Am I glad to be back - austerity's gone mad out there!'

'My investment club had morphed into a support group.'

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

"Let's first talk about how you could have done worse."

Sign reading "Bought High; Sold Low."

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

"Perkins, sometimes consistency is not a virtue."

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

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

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

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

"I invested $1000 in Nortel and now my shares are worth 18 cents."

'This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up.'

Coming out of the crisis

Jetsgo out of business.

'Our cries of Armageddon were completely ignored, so let's just keep throwing money at the economy.'

'Because in this economy you make a few compromises for job security.'