Talk:White elephant (pachyderm)

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[edit] Time to unprotect

Now that the Colbert fiasco has died down a bit, I'd say it's time to unprotect this, as it's been three days now.--chris.lawson 22:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. -- SCZenz 22:57, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Wikiality and Other Tripling Elephants for more coverage of the truthiness. --The Cunctator 07:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I have no ready reference for this but it is my understanding that when Thai royalty wanted to punish a member of the royal family (who couldn't be officially harmed), a royal white elephant was presented to them, burdening them with all of the expense and responsibility for its care.

This is similar to the English Royalty's method of punishing a member of the nobility by coming for a royal visit. Thus the object of the Royal ire could be burdened for up to a month of lavish entertaining with all the expense and efforts that would befit their royal guests.Bangalore007 17:26, 28 June 2007 (UTC)