Recession Artist Mugs

Social Networking Sites for the Unemployed

'Well, the good news is; You won't need to tax and insure it.'

'All we can do is hope for identity theft.'

'It's great to get back to the simple life'

"This is the World Bank? Somehow, I had pictured it differently."

Depressed Businessman at Office Christmas Party.

"This next one is a typical blues number about exceeding your data plan limit, cracking your ipad screen, and losing your new ear buds."

Recession

"Sometimes, when business is brisk, I have to settle for no nap at all."

"Wow, these are great cartoons! We have to let them go, and anyway, cartoonists are on the endangered species list..."

'Well, that's simplified the mission statement.'

US Dollar weakens.

Man on lilo keeps getting irritated by flies/birds.

Squeezing a tight budget...

'Makes you feel insignificant, doesn't it?'

"Goodbye cruel world."

"So you're the artist dating my daughter? I've seen your work...you MUST be starving."

"Times are perfect for us masochists!..."

'I think we're going to have to add another storey downstairs...'

'The bad news is that the dollar is down -- the good news is that nobody seems to have any.'

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this seminar is about how to make profits in times of crisis..."

'Look at my new overdraft its fantastic.'

"He is stingy. If he is giving gold it's only because prices have hit rock-bottom..."

'Due to budget cutbacks, we need to get by with less.'

'Until this economy thing straightens out, you'll be working out of your car.'

Red Ink: "Busy as a bee, Ted, given the niche we've cut out for ourselves."

"I need the saw again."

'Of course business is slow. Would we want it any other way?'

'On jobless...on foreclosed...on worry and insomniac!'

Art Guidelines

Recession tips : think positively, remember the sky is not falling.

'For this dish we're going to need two bottles of good quality red wine. And that's before we even start cooking.'

'I waste Sunday worrying about Monday, so I compensate by making Friday my Saturday.'

'Excuse me, sir, I know you didn't get your bonus, your house is mortgaged to the hilt, you have two kids in college, your employer is facing bankruptcy and . . .'

'You know, you're a real piece of work, Al.'