Economic Escapees Gifts

'We'd just like to get away from all leading economic indicators for a while.'

Businessmen trying to prop up a line-chart with sticks

"I'm just glad we got out before interest rates went up again."

Rising Gas Prices

"Sorry, but there aren't enough life jackets to go around."

"If I've got to work for a tyrant . . . I may as well work for myself."

"Well, all I know is he left on vacation to unwind... and he never wound-up again!"

"We're going to play the boss's favorite game - 'pin the blame on the scapegoat.'"

"Let me guess. You had it up to here with the world of business, so you packed it all in and started your own winery."

"When I said you could have a summer vacation I didn't mean the whole summer."

"IBM up 2 1/4, ATT down a 1/4,GM ... "

"I wanted a balloon puppy, not a balloon vision of my sad corporate future."

'The market headed south, so I decided to head there myself.'

How will this impact me?

Senior executive holding guitar hitchiking on open road in desert landscape.

'We're all out of money! Put on these false beards and wigs and make a run for it.'

'We have to move again -- I've worn out all the banks in town.'

"I was in corporate sales for years but then I realized, I'm a gatherer not a hunter."

"Hi! I am on the rails!"

"Actually, I just came up here to get away from leading economic indicators."

'I keep wondering what they're saying about us at the bank this cold,damp,Monday morning..'

Please wait to be yelled at.

"Our bills are getting too high."

"I just want enough to get out of the country, and disappear forever."

"I'm going somewhere without cell service because I'm incapable of turning my phone off myself."

'This off-shore tax avoidance isn't as glamorous as I thought it would be.'

'In the eventuality of a double dip...'

Catskills

"Do you think people had a nice time?"

Butterfly businessman

'Yes, I'm retired but my former coworkers keep calling to find out who they should kiss up to.'

Man-to-man talk, Randy. Proceed, friend. If you were being audited, and you may have accidentally burned all your receipts and ledgers

"Guru? Not me -- I'm up here to evade TAXES."

"We're moving back out to the country."

'Actually, I just came up here to get away from leading economic indicators for a while.'