Those Pesky White Elephants

Excellent story, great conversational topic :!: King of Thailand was a wise man :smile:

Hi marina! Please respond

huh. Very interesting story. I just spent a good amount of time there, but never heard the story. Do you know the time period? The current King is a very well respected dude(that word btw would be cool to learn about). I can’t say the same about his son or those that represent the other offices, but that’s another issue.

I was not fortunate enough to see a white elephant but i did see a couple walking down the road as a “tourist attraction.” I can’t say i was impressed because i doubt the magnificent animals experienced good lives. At night, for safety, they turned on their tail lights though(can’t get any more literal than that eh? I was having fun with that notion for quite some time.

Anyway, good lesson Marina. Being new to the whole HFW experience I’ve had lots to look at. ;)

first time I even heard of this term, funny origin too. A lot of words and phrases seem to have interesting origins that may not even have anything to do with the common day definition.

I gave a signed and framed picture of myself with a message in Klingon for a white elephant gift last christmas. The year before I gave a couple of pet rocks.

Bed hair and eyes, I love it! :!:

Hi Marina, here in Mexico we call “white elephants” to those goverment institutions with unclear function, unclear goals BUT everyone in those fancy institutions receive their paycheck.
Keep the good work, k4u

:lol: ……Intelligent is sexy, the king was sexy :mrgreen:

Hum, I think i just got you as a white elephant, now as you are there I don´t know where to put. *disappointed*

In 1861 the king of Siam offered to send some elelphants to the U.S. when he learned that the United States had no elephants.. President Lincoln politely turned the offer down.

[Source: http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/1999/nr99-122.html

Why’s her hair always messy?

I do not think its messy :roll: I think it is most styling :grin:

Cost more than it is worth—never owned an ela-phant, this is a random lesson comment. Gifts are for spoils and toils. For Christ sakes, gifts are for free “silly rabbit” :wink: Cards and thank you forever :roll:

A white elephant was important as it was considered the reincarnation of an enlightened being

white elephants what about those pesky [pink elephants] and drunk people?

I love random a lesson:???: The Residents – Elvis Presley’s Teddy Bear…soul gifting; ride on…John Lennon and his Elephant Memory Band – Roll Over Beethoven (Rehearsal)…Just PEACHY and G00D :smile: oh well

haha that king was smart

This is the “i just got out of bed look”, seems effortless, but probably takes a lot of work. (just enough make-up, not to much) I love that look makes you look ok (where is the sticking out your tong smilly?).

Pesky is H0)tF0)rW0)rds…great lesson…buy KNew :lol: new by…[MiRRoR] :smile: have a good Day

I want cookie!
:grin: