Recession Resistor Pillows

Businessmen trying to prop up a line-chart with sticks

'You're very lucky to get an allotment, of course. Mine here's been a godsend since the downturn.'

Hate Platforms

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

'Court's in recess!'

"And we will absolutely start lending again as soon as we finish building our debtors' prison."

"It's about the murder of an editor who refuses to publish a writer's work..."

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

Playground Pipe Dreams

I miss recess!

'Less spare change under the cushion is my leading economic indicator!'

'Thank God, no tasers in my day!'

The ground cracking beneath a banker's feet because his bonus is so big and heavy.

"C’mon, Sara. Like you wouldn’t consider – even for a second – accepting an iPhone from the devil."

"Wanna be my default best friend?"

'Control tower, we're having difficulty taking off....'

Bell ringer.

"Okay, the market took a dive. No reason to panic, Mr. Spielman."

'He wants a system with lots of memory,but without a mouse.'

Rats Flea a Sinking Ship

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

'I remember my pin but I've forgotten my signature!'

"Damn change and newfangled ideas...if mindless back breaking work was good enough for my ancestors it's good enough for ME!"

I brought your coffee and a list of new things about the world you're going to have to learn to accept

'I dread Labor Day. That's the holiday before school starts.'

'You go ahead. We'll rejoin you when you start using new technology.'

'Those are the rules, Mr. Payne. You can be a conscientious objector to war, but not to taxes!'

Trying to Prevent the Downturn.

'If you just keep harping on the *#@!! results, you'll never be able to see what a perfectly sound economic theory it was.'

'All this talk of ABS's and old style MDP's is causing a lot of stress...The partners don't take kindly to change... He still hasn't recovered from us moving his desk nearer to the door!'

"I'm not a guru. I just came up here until the stock market goes back up."