Difference between revisions of "White elephant gift"
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| − | You trick <player> into accepting a white elephant gift. Pretty funny, huh? | + | |returnedreceiver=<player> just sent you this lovely--er, well, someone must have thought it was worth manufacturing. Sorry, looks like you're stuck with it now. |
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| − | <player> just sent you this lovely--er, well, someone must have thought it was worth manufacturing. Sorry, looks like you're stuck with it now. | ||
Included item: '''[[white elephant]] (quantity 1)'''[[Image:white-elephant.gif]] | Included item: '''[[white elephant]] (quantity 1)'''[[Image:white-elephant.gif]] | ||
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* 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. | ||
Revision as of 05:04, 1 December 2009
white elephant gift
Plural: white elephant gifts
Hm. You didn't really want one of these. In fact, you could go so far as to say you have no use for one of these. Despite that fact, you've got one. Nothing to do but rely on the greatest of holiday traditions: regifting!
Miscellaneous Item
Item cannot be traded or sold
Item cannot traded, sold, or placed in a memento display
Item cannot be auto-sold
Usable
How Obtained
You trick <player> into accepting a white elephant gift. Pretty funny, huh?
- Trying to return the item to yourself:
- This is not the sort of item you can give to yourself and have it mean anything.
Effect on Receiver:
<player> just sent you this lovely--er, well, someone must have thought it was worth manufacturing. Sorry, looks like you're stuck with it now.
Included item: white elephant (quantity 1)
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.
