Foodie Financier Mugs

"It looks like you're the main stakeholder in this business."

"The crab Florentine is excellent, but the rack of lamb has limited downside risk.''

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'Today I invested in some Chinese stocks, but I felt greedy again in an hour.'

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Businessman sees sign in window of 'Fred's Chili Bowl' restaurant: 'Now Hiring a Bean Counter'.

"The secret of my success is combining eggs, meat and bread in enough ways to make an eight page breakfast menu."

"I didn't invent the wheel. I invented the pizza."

'Running your own business means being self-made, unfortunately it also means finding out what you're made of!'

'Gentlemen-the sweets smell of success!'

Lottery - come back to eat here 20 times and you will win million dollar in lottery.

"It's this trend that leads us to believe we should supplement our oil commodities with investments in some of the Earth's rich vinegar and crouton reserves."

'They ought to change the name of this deli to The Cramer - they get it wrong 50 of the time.'

'What did the fund manager say to the investment advisor?'

'And just how much is silver going for a troy ounce these days?'

'You shouldn't put all your cash into one stock... you need to diversify. Try buying beef, vegetable and chicken stock...'

"Liverwurst is down an eighth, egg-salad is up two and a half, and peanut-butter-and-jelly remains unchanged."

Joe's Bar and Grill and Focus Group.

"I like the Businessman's Special. The fortune cookies all have stock futures in them."

Cooking the books

"It's called investing! You give me your worm now, I eat half of it, feed the other half to the fish and, in a month, we share the fish 10/90 my way. . ."

Lunch Broker

Dinner at the Mortgage Restaurant.

Bank Roll

'That's $27.50, including the fuel surcharge, carbon tax, noise nuisance and environmental impact fee.'

'You say that you were a chef before retraining as an accountant?... That's good, we could use a bookkeeper who can cook.'

Pork bellies 3 times a day...cookbook for the commodities investor.

"Wood-oven-toasted rosemary focaccia or traditional baguette?"

"He's working out what he can buy when his pay rise comes through."

Man reading fortune cookie: 'Hey, cool - it's an up-to-the-minute stock report.'

'We've had a cash machine put in.'

"Your broker has 'comped' your meals."

'Tonight on the Gourmet Accountant - cooking the books.'

'Oh yes, the market may fall, but trust me, we always land on our feet.'

Bob devises the ultimate weight-loss system.