Financial Crisis Enthusiast Pillows

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.'

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

Investor loses shirt in Eurozone meltdown.

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

Easy street ends.

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!'

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

Too Big To Fail and Too Big A Problem.

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

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

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

"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!'

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

Italy in crisis

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

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

The Queen in Berlin

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

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

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

'Wear this on the train - it's better than people knowing you're a banker.'

"Take the other door, Mr. Tsipras!"

'It's a house repossession wave.'