White Elephant Gifts

Forlornaments: Tools to drain individual and team spirit

Indian rajah rowing elephant in a monsoon flood.

'Dear Diarrhea, Day 84. Well, I'm constipated again today...'

Emotion of Mr. Kenwigs on hearing the family news from Nicholas

'Well, what do I have?...Within reason, of course.'

'Could you be more specific than you feel zucky?'

"Once again, I simply don't recall."

'Jumbo waits for the tusk fairy'

'I would have come to you sooner, but you hadn't graduated from medical school yet.'

'What do you mean, I'm not your type?'

The sad case of the blind-men and the elephant.

'Obama's letting all the progress we made in Iraq go right down the drain...He's trying to distract everybody...'

'Sorry, but I do not recall that incident either.'

Title page from 'The Scouring of the White Horse'.

"The sea waves on my sound machine are attracting a following."

'I don't care if they are a protected species, Henry, I'm calling the exterminator!'

'I don't want to talk about it.'

'Global warming? let me know when it kicks in.'

'To the horror of bystanders. The 'Amazing Jimmy' miscalculates as he attempts to juggle a pin, bowling ball, and an elephant.'

"What's wrong? Never seen earphones before?"

I'm sorry I had no idea you tumbled off!

Jumbo in Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck

Distilled Elephant

"Is this the Love Boat?"

Boy blows an elephant bubble.

Busking Elephant

'It looks pretty flimsy, but I'm a gentleman: After you dear...'

'Baby this could be the start of something big.'

Mahout and his elephant on wash day.

'Life is like a cheap steak...it's tough.'

What Is This Crap?

'I think you went trampling in your sleep again.'

'My job is safe. This guy is a regular and he drinks to forget.'

What's grey, has four legs and a trunk?

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