Financial Soap Opera Fan Mugs

'Next on 'evening shouting match'...is it a bull or bear market?'

'Sue didn't watch soap operas all the time. She also reads books'

"I'd like you to be the co-star in the melodrama that is life."

'-Not THE Queen Vic?'

'It's not much of a soap opera with just that Adam guy.'

Greek Crisis

Lady throws dart to decide which soap opera she's going to watch.

'Time for my favorite soap opera, Nine Lives to Live.'

IRS: The country is broke, but your taxes cannot be construed as 'Charity to the Poor'.

'In today's market news, losers outnumbered those who were wiped out.'

'She got all the soap opera channels at a discount -- it's some kind of 'frequent cryer' program.'

"Oh Gregori! You tell such funny stories!"

"The Lord brings people together for reasons only he knows."

Golden bubbles

She kept Dracula at bay with an episode of the Archers.

TV: widescreen 16x9 versus 4x3.

"You inherited an extra toe from your father and didn't pay the inheritance tax on it."

"Sure, it may be great for us, but it's hell on the markets."

'We've had a marginal advance-decline on a near-term buy-out, but no one knows if that translates as a downturn or an up-tick.'

'I called you in here because your expenses and contributions appear to be quite elaborate!'

'It's a deal, for $15 an hour, I'll stand in front of your office.'

Greece - The Black Hole

"Well, I can say if it wasn't for tragedy, I would not be here."

'The prince and the princess lived happily ever after on their profits from capital-appreciation funds.'

Black hole-in-the-wall at Jodrell Bank

'On the contrary, soap operas are a great time-saver -- you don't have to get married and have your OWN problems.'

'You won't feel a thing. We make a small incision in your wallet and...'

"Well, I guess the bubble has burst over at Phillips Rodny Associates."

"In this company, GDP stands for gree, deception and profit."

'I need a loan or a bailout so I can evolve,'