Recession Survivor Mugs

"Phew! I'm glad this part of the ride is over..."

"Try to ask for something that doesn't involve the stock market."

Bank tightens credit lending.

Home Owners.

Coming out of the crisis

"Business isn't great. We could only afford the smallest air dancer."

'There will be no more pocket money kids. Dad bank has gone in to liquidation.'

"This place looks a bit run down."

Economy is going from bad to worse...

'Can you let me have five till Obama bails us all out, sir?'

'You used to be an investment consultant, Fred -- what should I do with this quarter I found?'

'Am I glad to be back - austerity's gone mad out there!'

Tortoise says: 'Times are hard, I've had to take in a lodger.'

'Times must be hard, you're the sixth self-employed freelancer I've seen this week whose expenses exceed income...'

'This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up.'

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

"Here, we realized it was not some awful fever dream."

Tortoise says: 'Times are hard, I've had to take in a lodger.'

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

'Normally, I would give credit where credit is due but we're in a credit crunch. Therefore, I will take all the credit for your hard work on this project.'

'Now let's proceed downstairs and see where our stock shares presently sits,'

"When I got laid off, the corporation enlisted me in the army."

For sale

'McWit Plumbing and Lite Puff Pastries.' The only way to survive in today's economy it's good to diversify.'

'How long's he been out there?'

Eye, ear, nose, throat and loans to pay the bills.

"All in favor of changing out name from '17th Federal Savings & Loan' to 'Still Here Bank'..."

'What happens when we run out of gas?!'

"Souls are a dime a dozen. The best I can give you is ten free dance lessons."

'Because in this economy you make a few compromises for job security.'

'You don't want to go to hell, J.B. In hell, the market is always down.'

'Our cries of Armageddon were completely ignored, so let's just keep throwing money at the economy.'

'If the market should go down really deep, I'll be well prepared!'

'The good news is I've got a part-time job. The bad news is I started the day with a full-time job.'

Bob gets his walking papers.