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by Nuttsky on May 28th, 2007
Do you have the expression "the elephant in the dining room" there?
Refers to a given uncomfortable topic everyone knows is the main problem to be solved, but no one wants to bring it up.
This elephant has turned the phrase literal!
by Lippycow on May 28th, 2007
Its called highway robbery lol.
by Galeanda on May 28th, 2007
What a smart elephant. I bet he doesn't forget a single handout!
by AntigoneRising on May 28th, 2007
Smart elephant! For the story, I think it is cute, but not astounding. Cows, dogs, oxen, camels, etc - all routinely block traffic here.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/india.elephant.reut/index.html
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I've always heard it as the "elephant in the living room". :) I'm from the US, where are you from?
by AntigoneRising on May 28th, 2007
Also from the U.S. Actually I've heard it both ways. I wonder which came first. Living room, probably.
by Nuttsky on May 28th, 2007
That's the first time I've heard "dining room", but I bet it came first. It sounds as if it is from a time when people actually sat around a dinner table together and talked. That way, they would be avoiding the large elephant in their midst.
by AntigoneRising on May 28th, 2007