Gold Rush History Buff Pillows

"Sorry Pardner, but this is fool's gold!"

'No, you can't drain the spaghetti in it!'

"Yep, first the gold run out, then the microchip manufacturing went overseas."

'...But the good news is your old Enron stock has become a high-priced collectible!'

A Gambling Scene At Pike's Peak, Colorado

More Money for Greece.

'I miss the 90s. The good old days of hostile takeovers.'

Deadwood 25 miles

The Two Economies

Spain Bleeding Under the German Controlled Euro.

Quotes from Chairman Bernanke.

First Market Decline

The high tech crash of the early 2000s...and the depression that followed.

The cry rang out. "There's gold in that there castle in the sky!" And the great beanstalk rush of 1849 had begun.

"What about that! His brain still uses the old vacuum tubes."

Enron collapse starts domino effect.

"If there are nuggets in the sluice, let's dine out tonight."

'We're ahead of the game. We've lost nothing since we never had anything.'

"Remember always power up you machine clockwise"

Emblematic Print of the South Sea Bubble.

European Capital Investment in the Ottoman State

Bank...formed 1893, merged 1971, saved by the Federal Government 1989.

'Thinking back though, I'd have to say we all had a bloody good financial crisis.'

Spain-Italy-Debt-Interest rates

'Remember how we used to put stuff on layaway?'

"No gold - but lot's of silicon."

"Either wishbone done hit the mother lode or he been in thet durn mine too long."

'Hold on to your Enron stock. It could become a valuable collector's item one day.'

"I can't image growing up without computers or cell phones. Your generation had it rough, huh, Dad?"

Aklexander Graham Bell, making the first call from New York to Chicago, gets a wrong number.

"You're sitting in my place!"

Guy with gold mining equipment holds sign saying 'them thar hills'.

'Read the one where all the Enron employees are fighting over the paper shredder.'

"I found her in town. She's a real gold digger."