Experiencing Recession Gifts

"Oh, I'm just riding out the cycle."

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

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

"Have you tried barking at the moon?"

"This is the World Bank? Somehow, I had pictured it differently."

Sub-prime Bear

Depressed Businessman at Office Christmas Party.

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

Vulture sitting over a plummeting graph.

Recession

Unconditional Surrender

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

'Well, that's simplified the mission statement.'

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

"Goodbye cruel world."

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

US Dollar weakens.

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

Squeezing a tight budget...

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

'Look at my new overdraft its fantastic.'

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

'The bad news is that the dollar is down -- the good news is that nobody seems to have any.'

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

The Circle.

"I need the saw again."

'That sure was a disaster of a first date!'

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

"What happened to consumer confidence?"

Coming out of the crisis

Jetsgo out of business.

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

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

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

Hang fire on the Champas. Just a glimpse of green roots, so, a small glass of sherry.