Recovering From A Business Setback Pillows

"Sorry, but there aren't enough life jackets to go around."

"So, we look to the fourth quarter as a time of healing."

"Gentlemen, I'm pleased to say the firm is perfectly positioned to avoid chapter eleven and still be in existence this time next year."

"Hey, you stick your neck out on a regular basis, it's gonna happen. The important thing is to just get up and keep moving forward."

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

Paper Profits Break Glass In Case of Emergency.

"I wrote this one after my third startup failed. It’s called ‘I Got Yer App Right Here.’"

Man watches sales chart drop through the floor.

'You lost your home and farm. Do you want to talk about it?

"Bad news, sir. The public isn't buying our new Pork Ala King."

Sad businessman with sinking profits

'When things are slow'

"This is Miss Jones, Doctor - I want you to cheer her up. She's been through hell recently."

"We'll double our chances of recovery if we buy two lottery tickets."

'And here is the effect spiraling energy costs, reduced consumer confidence and limited access to credit is having on our company.'

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

"I asked Bill to accompany this presentation with something in a haunting minor key."

Bad case of credit crunch, I'm afraid, so we'll have to slowly introduce you to a diet of cash.

"Does anyone have a Plan B?"

'Crisis'

'How dare you suggest that I'm running this plant into the ground.'

"Your money is no longer working for you. It got laid off."

'Your 401 (K) went down the drain, but if it's any consolation, you can keep the commemorative cup.'

'Read an investment book that changed my life...please help.'

'Don't worry. I can still reach back for that 98 mile-per-hour fast ball.'

'That leaves plan 'B' - absconding with the remaining funds.'

'I thought it would be appropriate to have a magician as we went down.'

'What a difference one year makes. I managed to go from entrepreneur to nontrepreneur.'

"After the market crashed I wanted to shoot myself...but I couldn't afford the bullet."

"We will rebuild!"

'Things don't seem the same since the hurricane passed through.'

'Good news for people who hide their money under the mattress.'

"Yes, it's 'only money'. But it was our only money!"

The Cross still stands!

"Today's graphic is small and complicated to shield us from the truth a little while longer."