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{{item | {{item | ||
|descid=1788583 | |descid=1788583 | ||
|itemid= | |itemid=873 | ||
|name=white elephant | |name=white elephant | ||
|plural=white oliphaunts | |plural=white oliphaunts | ||
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|desc=Darn it, it looks like you're stuck with this thing. Last one holding the hot potato--er, elephant--has got to take it home. And once you've been seen in public receiving it, nobody's going to let you regift it. Particularly not something like ''this''. | |desc=Darn it, it looks like you're stuck with this thing. Last one holding the hot potato--er, elephant--has got to take it home. And once you've been seen in public receiving it, nobody's going to let you regift it. Particularly not something like ''this''. | ||
|type=Misc | |type=Misc | ||
|nomem=yes | |nomem=yes | ||
|obtain=Someone using a [[white elephant gift]] on you.}} | |obtain=Someone using a [[white elephant gift]] on you.}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* A {{wikipedia|white elephant}} is a valuable possession of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) is out of proportion to its usefulness. | * A {{wikipedia|white elephant}} is a valuable possession of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) is out of proportion to its usefulness. | ||
* The plural references {{wikipedia|Oliphaunt}}, a middle-earth fictional animal, resembling elephants but much larger. | * The plural references {{wikipedia|Oliphaunt}}, a middle-earth fictional animal, resembling elephants but much larger. | ||
* The description refers to the game {{wikipedia|Hot Potato (game)|Hot Potato}}. | |||
Latest revision as of 02:12, 26 December 2014
white elephant
Plural: white oliphaunts
Darn it, it looks like you're stuck with this thing. Last one holding the hot potato--er, elephant--has got to take it home. And once you've been seen in public receiving it, nobody's going to let you regift it. Particularly not something like this.
Miscellaneous Item
Item cannot traded, sold, or placed in a memento display
{{#vardefine:consumable|no}}{{#vardefine:consumable|{{#var:consumable}}}}
How Obtained
Someone using a white elephant gift on you.
References
- A white elephant is a valuable possession of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) is out of proportion to its usefulness.
- The plural references Oliphaunt, a middle-earth fictional animal, resembling elephants but much larger.
- The description refers to the game Hot Potato.