Parents Struggling With Finances Gifts

"The bills! The bills!"

'Yo-you Ma will now raise our spirits and assuage our pain.'

Peter

Polly, want a cracker, but Polly need a glass of wine.

"He doesn't fiscally stimulate me anymore."

"Aren't you the estate agent who sold us this house?"

"Pendleton will stay afloat no matter what!"

Wanna talk about it?

'No trouble at all giving you an overdraft Mr Simkins - have mine!'

'Having the money tree has really helped out.'

"Your assets will be frozen? Oh, boy, is it going to snow?"

'I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you're going to get to relive the thrill of building your company up from nothing!'

"Even after all that's happened, I feel no less regal."

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

Easy Budget Terms Are Not That Easy.

'One day son, all of this will be yours.'

'You thought I'd gone out of business? What gave you that idea?'

"That's it - we've eaten the last of the energy bills."

"Since they graduated, have any of your children moved back in with you?"

"My client, whom I shall refer to as your son, has retained me to represent him in these negotiations regarding an increase in his allowance!"

"Could be worse..." "Could be worse..." "Could be worse..." "Could be... oh, never mind."

'Any annuity we can afford wouldn't pay the MILK BILL!'

Financial life preserver

"Unfortunately, my holding on to tech-stocks was faith-based."

"I'm sorry, Ma, but we're forced to sell the art collection."

Moving. Mortgage payments bankrupted them. I guess "housebroken" means something different in their case.

'Remember you asked me to turn around the business!'

No Money

"Remember, son, what doesn't kill you, makes you poorer."

"The Big Bad Wolf Bank has served us with foreclosures."

"We put you through day-care. You're on your own now."

''Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by'...which was a helluva dumb place for me to launch a burger franchise!'

'No more kids, Steve -- I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.'

"When we got married, you said we'd be in the lap of luxury...but here we are, in the butt of bankruptcy!"

"Only another thousand points up and I'm even, honey."