Mundane Monday

White Elephant in the room – Mundane Monday

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Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.

The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.

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Seeing the cute figurine of a white elephant in the room made me chuckle. That’s not a very mundane item but I couldn’t resist clicking.

“Elephant in the room” or ” Elephant in the living room ‘ is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is going unaddressed. The idiomatic expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss and a “white elephant” is a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness.

Well, that said, I don’t think the little elephant is such a huge possession, but maybe the owner has other problems that they are not willing to talk about 😉

Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

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A wordsmith with a vivid imagination, an eager mind and a burning desire to carve out tales. As I journey with my muse to that land of all possibilities and self discovery, I hope my personal evolution will serve as a beacon of inspiration for anyone who chooses to stop by.

17 thoughts on “White Elephant in the room – Mundane Monday”

  3. I would like to own the elephant for those days when someone will say to me “there is an elephant in the room.” and I would point and say “you are right, it is right there, I can see it” 🙂

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  6. Your explanation of white elephant reminded me of something I haven’t heard for a while: ‘white elephant sale’. Now flea market, yard sales or garage sales are more common.

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