Family Finance Strategists Pillows

'Change is inevitable, espeically when you have a newborn in diapers."

"Our light bill is astronomical living next to a black hole."

"Gentlemen, we're missing a great opportunity by not hitching this company to the current tailspin."

'Now that we've defined 'happy deficits' let's try it out on the stockholders.'

"Well, either you're hopelessly optimistic or hopelessly short-sighted."

"I have a feeling he understands more than we think."

I figured out how we can pay for the kids' college tuitions. Do tell. I'm going to leave for a year of self-discovery, which I will chronicle in a best-selling memoir. Oh, but

'He's refusing to die as a protest against Inheritance Tax.'

"Well, Comstock, still regret putting our profits back into research?"

"At these tuition prices an acceptance letter is pretty much a denial."

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

'Are we broke yet?'

'You shouldn't have taken that personal pension.' 'You shouldn't have taken that endowment mortgage.' 'When do you get your free tv license?' Job's comforters, today.

'The recession is over, again.'

"I just..."

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

"Sorry, stock-market jitters."

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

"Dad, this is Wendy, she's going to re-negotiate my allowance!"

'I'd put it on the back burner, but the stove's been repossessed.'

"It's going to require a great deal of money."

"You will be visited by three ghosts - the Ghost of Porfolios Past, The Ghost of Present Positions and the Ghost of Commodities Future."

'We're a non-profit organisation. We didn't plan it that way, but that's how it worked out.'

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

'The market shifted on me.'

'Looks like we'll have to break into the piggy bank to find our endowment funding.'

The IRS emptied my pouch.

"Unfortunately the first thing they cut was the stationery budget..."

'I use my Blackberry all the time to check the competition's executive bonuses.'

Reverse Mortgage.

Bio, Inc. Should we continue to invest in this promising new cloning technique? Yeah, let's double down on it.

"Let's use the dog's prescription. His refills are cheaper."

Davos.

'I can't talk right now. I'm discussing strategy with our financial director.'

"I can't imagine how things could get any worse."