White Elephant Gifts

Forlornaments: Tools to drain individual and team spirit

"I set that filthy old toilet brush right there to take to the trash. Have you seen it?"

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?'

'Jumbo waits for the tusk fairy'

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

'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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Busking Elephant

"Is this the Love Boat?"

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

Distilled Elephant

Jumbo in Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck

Boy blows an elephant bubble.

'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?

'Shake, boy! Shake hands!'

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

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