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Those Pesky White Elephants

Posted on November 24, 2007 · Filed Under Lessons 

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  1. tedt on July 14th, 2008 5:49 pm

    :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*

  2. alexan on July 12th, 2008 6:26 pm

    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

  3. lostforwords on July 9th, 2008 12:52 pm

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

  4. monkcow on June 22nd, 2008 1:19 pm

    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.

  5. the shaun on June 13th, 2008 1:22 pm

    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.

  6. dihnekis77 on April 1st, 2008 6:22 pm

    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. ;)

  7. mileycyrus on March 22nd, 2008 9:41 am

    Hi marina! Please respond

  8. mityaj on February 27th, 2008 10:37 pm

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

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