Surviving A Recession Gifts

By camouflaging himself, Ed was able to avoid being a victim of the company's massive layoffs.

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

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

'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.'

Paper Profits Break Glass In Case of Emergency.

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

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

'How long's he been out there?'

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

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

'Yes, I think you better had ask Santa for it. Because there's no way I could afford to buy it.'

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

"Well, the first reactions to the terrible truth are anger and sadness, but now it's time to act like men!"

'We don't have a mission statement. We have a survival plan.'

"Any sign of recovery yet?"

The Circle.

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

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

"I am reminded of a morbidly depressing anecdote. . ."

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

Coming out of the crisis

Jetsgo out of business.

'I run a small investment firm. Unfortunately, it used to be a large investment firm.'

Vulture waiting outside a failing business.

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

'Listen... that sound... we're scraping the bottom of the barrel.'

'We've got to think about our lending policy for small businesses... Like my tailor!'

Home Owners.

'The good news is the airline was trying to skimp on fuel, and no terrorists were involved.'t

Social Networking Sites for the Unemployed

Fun with Underemployment

"This place looks a bit run down."

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

The Last Toilet Roll On Earth

'I'm here for making a killing in the stock market. I shot my broker.'