Future Contemplator Mugs

"Oooooo! It's a bit s**t."

"My career's in shreds, but on the bright side, so are my files."

'I had considered a career as an offshore commodities broker specialising in securitised asset transfers but the pension wasn't as good.'

Not much money, glory, or praise

Totalitarian Humour

Sisyphus during Covid

"I'm 59 and they say I'm middle aged. Just how many people do you know who are 118?"

Guys looks in the mirror and sees himself as a prisoner.

If I could sell my experience for half of what it cost me I could retire.

'I believe there's an unseen hand behind everything we do.'

"Helen, is it just the accountant in me, or am I sensing a tone of wistful melancholy and a bittersweet acceptance of the unfathomable mysteries of corporate life in those numbers?"

"The fact that you're here means you will continue to make poor life decisions."

"Forget the future, tell me what happened to the past ten years."

Caterpillar Paranoia

'I am not my job... my job is not me... I do not need my job to give my life a purpose...' 'Hey, did you hear the news? We're all laid off!' 'Stupid affirmations!'

'What I especially like about being a philosopher-scientist is that I don't have to get my hands dirty.'

"The idea at 3 am. The idea at 7 am."

'I'm not saying this is a deadend job, but you can forget a trophy wife.'

Bowther, Wilkin, Lynch & Fisk

Having flexibility over where and when you work, can help with your productivity.

"I feel I blend in well with the holes in my career ladder."

'When will it be o.k. to feel irrationally exuberant again?'

'We may think 2012 is over, but history books are full of things we thought were over.'

This plaque commemorates the trees that was cut down to make space for this bench.

Boyfriend Shirt.

'I understand the Adirondacks are where it's REALLY happening.'

'You don't want to go to hell, J.B. In hell, the market is always down.'

'This time last year you told me that I would meet a tall handsome stranger. Now I need his name and address.'

Questioning

I don't see a future for me in my present job. They don't reward mediocrity.

"If you never date a prediction it can't be proved wrong."

Your weight and fortune. What you'll weigh now...what you'll weigh 10 years from now.