Elephant in the room
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Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet this morning.
Huh?
Posted by ace on 05.11.05 at 09:31
It's the pink ones you need to worry about.
Posted by Martin on 05.11.05 at 09:35
Don't worry, ace, it took me a while to work it out too. :-)
"Elephant in the room" is an English idiom for an extremely obvious fact or question that for convenience's sake one party chooses to ignore.
In this case, the elephant can be whatever you want it to be (65% opposition to independence, low school graduation rates, etc).
Posted by Phil on 05.11.05 at 11:02
Ace: elephants never forget...now grab a coffee
Posted by Fraz on 05.11.05 at 11:02
Looks like Limey and I interpreted it differently.
Posted by Fraz on 05.11.05 at 11:04
Ha ha! Gee this should be the Gov'ment's Logo!
Posted by Full Fullish on 05.11.05 at 11:23
Honestly, I just wanted to draw an elephant.
But, yeah, Limey has it right. There's so many other, far more important, things that Bermuda should be dealing with, but we still get the "Hey, look over here at this!", like we're all gonna be, like, "Well, the people need affordable housing and tourism needs... OOOH! BUTTERFLY!"
Posted by Uncle Elvis on 05.11.05 at 11:24
Thanks Phil. All coffeed up now. :-)
When I first saw it I thought "surely that elephant should be 'white'" as in a 'white elephant'". Not a race based thing...but in terms of a white elephant meaning useless information designed to distract from other issues...I suppose it amounts to the same as an elephant in the room then.
Goodness...too much brain strain required on that one for a Saturday morning.
lol
Posted by ace on 05.11.05 at 12:22
We have our own budding Political Cartoonist, I think its great, Keep up the great work Uncle Elvis!!!
Posted by Slowhand on 05.11.05 at 18:00
Fraz...
Elephants don't forget...because they have anything to remember.
Posted by Martin on 05.11.05 at 21:01
Umm-umm...did it crush the 800 lbs gorilla?
Posted by Seán Pòl Ó Creachmhaoil on 25.04.06 at 10:13