Financial Crisis Enthusiast Gifts

Desert Accountant yells 'Liquidation! Liquidation!' as he crawls along

World Market Jitters...

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

"I don't consider a missing four million dollars to be 'monkeyshines'."

Saving Spain

'Back in the day, you could leverage . . .'

The truth about the death of the Dinosaurs.

'You don't know how lucky you are. My mortgage is worth more than my house.'

'Hello - I've been parachuted in to save the bank.'

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

Red Ink: "Busy as a bee, Ted, given the niche we've cut out for ourselves."

Easy street ends.

Bank of Greece: "Revolving Door...Turbo Speed!"

Investor loses shirt in Eurozone meltdown.

The slide continued: many of the staff took second jobs

'Look on the bright side, you can't take it with you.'

Debt - Restructured Debt

'That's one sick animal, Mr Ioannou. I reckon it'll take 10% of your savings to get it on its feet again!'

Too Big To Fail and Too Big A Problem.

Mario Draghula: 'I'll do whatever it takes to save the Euro!'

'Using this, you will be able to get around the branches more quickly!'

'How long has it been going on? I remember asking my dad the same question!'

The Big Economic Fix Is On: All the so-called safety nets will be as useless as a hard hat in a crowbar storm.

"When European workers are losing their jobs because of an Asian stock market crash - that's the meaning of 'Globalization'."

'The infusion of new life-support measures has, for now, stopped the slide into a massive default!'

'You mailed my wife a pre-approved credit card, so now I have to kill you.'

'It was a dark and stormy closing bell...'

"I'm baffled...what does the word 'austerity' mean?"

'Oh, it's just a whine press.'

The Queen in Berlin

Italy in crisis

"Is that just for the night, or for ever?"

Robert Maxwell, media tycoon, breaks open a piggy bank to raid pension money.

"In my day we didn't use parachutes."

"Take the other door, Mr. Tsipras!"