Since the Depression, a constant theme of business humor has been the fear of falling into the lower depths of ruin, the fine line between the penthouse and selling apples on the street.

• 自大萧条以来，生意场的幽默题材一直是：人们担心自己会跌入毁灭的深渊，住在公寓顶层的破屋子里，每天走到大街上卖苹果。