Experiencing Recession Mugs

"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.'

Sub-prime Bear

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

Depressed Businessman at Office Christmas Party.

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

Vulture sitting over a plummeting graph.

Recession

"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..."

'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...

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

US Dollar weakens.

"Goodbye cruel world."

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

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

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

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

'Look at my new overdraft its fantastic.'

The Circle.

"I need the saw again."

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

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

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

Coming out of the crisis

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

"What happened to consumer confidence?"

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