Posted on 01/25/2009 5:39:59 AM PST by Notary Sojac
The economy got you gripped in its clutches? Feeling stressed out by the endless news of layoffs, buyouts and bankruptcies?
A San Francisco creative agency has just the fix: Squeeze-the-Banker dolls.
Deemed the ultimate stress-buster for troubled times, the squeezable dolls come in likenesses of three familiar Wall Street names: Alan, Ben and Henry. As in, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, current Chairman Ben Bernanke and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Give 'em a squeeze and feel their pain. Just like so many of us when looking at our year-end financial statements.
The stress-ball dolls were dreamed up a month ago by the partners at Creative Feed, a digital ad agency with offices in New York and San Francisco.
Partner Arthur Ceria said the dolls are an antidote for Americans who have seen their 401(k) shrink "to a 41(k)."
"You can only laugh and rebuild," he said. "That's what we've all gotta do."
Billed as "cheaper than a psychologist or Prozac," the squeezable dolls are priced at $8.99 each, or 3 for $24.
Since online sales started in mid-December at a Web site, www.squeezethebanker.com, Ceria said, they've sold about 1,000. Squeeze-the-Banker dolls carry a disclaimer: They're "intended as corporate gifts and not recommended for use by small children."
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"Feed them enough cash and they shoot rainbows out their a$$es!! It's true!!"
"Someone's missing a business opportunity. Little plastic guillotines sized to fit....."
Do they have a Barack Obama version?
Its the blame everyone else syndrome.
This looks like a squeeze the white guy edition.
....I got a better idea...hows about a Squeeze-the- Newspaper-Editor doll....MNI (that owns the Sac Bee)is on the ropes...now trading at .70 cents....folks, we can kill off this lib chain of papers now if we try.
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=mni&sid=0&o_symb=mni&freq=2&time=12
This just helps solidify the stupidity of the American sheeple that think the bankers are the bad guys.
Anybody up for marketing the real culprit? A Barney Frank squeeze doll? I’m sure that Barney would like it...depending on what part you squeeze.
Hey, I bought too big a house and now the price fell. I don’t WANT to make the payments that I CONTRACTED to make, so it must be the banker’s fault.
And how about squeezing some buttons on your phone or fax machine with 202 area codes and rant.
I think it’s part of the socialist agenda. The capitalists are the bad guys. The bankers were actually forced by the federal government to begin issuing bad loans.
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