Growth Observer Gifts

"Oh boy, you've grown alright! Better be careful though: From now on, they won't throw you back..."

Highschool sign.

"We're finally seeing growth again! The lawn in front of the building is four centimeters higher than last week!"

Son measuring his father against the wall.

'Oh my! You sure have grown.'

Old man monitoring his height loss.

Or as I prefer to call it, the 'feel-good' factor.

GAS PRICES AT PUMP

'Taxes are going up, but that's no excuse to earn less, Mr. Syms.'

Grand. Baby Grand. Toddler Grand. Teen Grand.

'Wow! That's some growth spurt!'

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

'The government's right. Not counting, food, clothing, energy, shelter, health care, or transportation, inflation is hardly going up.'

I was thinking about the implications of your brave effort last week to unionize. I didn't really. I was role-playing. Whatever. Do you realize the demise of unions has coincided with a massive decline in the middle class? What? I'm helping chickens cross a road on my iPhone. I'm taking about the income gap! Talkin' 'Bout the Income Gap is sponsored by: The makers of signs, placards, and other protest equipment.

Plan 'A', Plan 'B' - "I say we should go with plan 'A', sir."

Sigh … They grow up so fast, don't they?

Economy Slows: 'It's still too fast for me.'

'Stocks dropped on the news that governments can fool some people come of the time,but not all the people all of the time.'

'Money is a bit tight at the moment, so instead of cash we wondered whether you'd settle for 20% more meaningless protestations of how much we value you?'

'All right, gentlemen, this is the current picture of our growth industry!'

"Victims of out-sorcery."

"Business is so bad even my hotcakes aren't selling like hotcakes."

'Grandpa, what was manufacturing?'

'In the economy, money is the lure.'

' Oh no! I'm being repossessed! '

V-O Day

Euro against the Dollar.

Exchange Rate.

'Get out there and keep your job!'

Supermarket Merge

"He downgraded Apple."

'Why don't you start a small business with a loan from a bank?'

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

The Red Carpet

Stock Market Roller-coaster.