Experiencing An Economic Downturn Gifts

'Listen... that sound... we're scraping the bottom of the barrel.'

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

'All we can do is hope for identity theft.'

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

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

'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.'

Vulture sitting over a plummeting graph.

'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."

'I'm sorry, Collin, but our Dreyfus Mid-Cap fund completely tanked, so we're going to have to let you go.'

'How long's he been out there?'

'Yes, I think you better had ask Santa for it. Because there's no way I could afford to buy it.'

'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.

"Generation X, Y or Z? No idea. My brat is Generation SLSLWMAF - Stinkin' Lazy, Still Living with Mom at Forty."

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

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

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

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

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

Nation of Has-Beens (and Never-Will-Bes)

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

"I asked Bill to accompany this presentation with something in a haunting minor key."

By camouflaging himself, Ed was able to avoid being a victim of the company's massive layoffs.

Stress.

Business jargon : 'significant negative growth' translated into : 'we are dead broke !'

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

Vulture waiting outside a failing business.

Sign says: 'Please Help. Downshifting'

Cadbury's "Recession" - Brown Ale Chocolates

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

'I thought it would be appropriate to have a magician as we went down.'

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

"All the signs were there. I should have known the company was headed for a nose-dive."