Modern "White Elephant" Things

The term "White Elephant" came into existence apparently when an Indian Diplomat gave an actual albino or white elephant as a gift to a very irritating nosey servant.

So what I would like to find out is, what sort of "white elephants" would you like to give your frienemies and other annoying relatives etc. Don't worry about how much it would cost you.

Myself, I'd give them the "ZX Spectrum Vega" device. Piece of junk. Built as a a piece of 'retro' tech like the Nintendo Classic .

Or € 2 disposable camera. Don't tell the nooch how much the dispoable camera cost and tell them to make sure it's process ed promply

Urquell

xieann wrote: »

Myself, I'd give them the "ZX Spectrum Vega" device. Piece of junk. Built as a a piece of 'retro' tech like the Nintendo Classic .

What? Id love one of those! Fond memories ...

A fondue set might be more the thing ...

Dufflecoat Fanny

My first computer was a zx spectrum... My choice of white elephant would be a smart lamp

New children's hospital in Dublin.

cj maxx

Sat Navs.

IAMAMORON

Ryanair Voucher.

Capt'n Midnight

There's a lot of things that are artificially expensive because of pork bellying , like NASA.

But if you want a genuine money pit few things come close to a half built nuclear power plant.

Fritzbox

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New children's hospital in Dublin.

A children's hospital would never be a white elephant. Unlike a metaphorical white elephant, a hospital will always be put to good use in the service of society.

Allinall

I gave my father a flux capacitor for his birthday.

Still has it in the garage in 2025.

swarlb

Emerald Equestrian Centre

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/new-owners-give-john-gilligan-s-jessbrook-a-fresh-start-1.1996858

Zebra3

A white elephant.

enricoh

That's a racist phrase nowadays, it's now known as an elephant of no colour!

Solar panels? My neighbour spent 10k on them to save 500 a year. I told him I got 1000l off oil for e400 last week to annoy him!

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Lots of World Cup stadiums.

Capt'n Midnight

Find out what spec computer they have.

Then get them a one year subscription to a multiplayer game that's just barely usable with it.



Or buy their daughter a white pony.

Harry Palmr

So much connected with Olympics, World Cups and other large scale sporting tournaments.

Two Royal Navy air to surface targets aircraft carriers. 10 billion quid and literally a 20th century tactical response.

Your Face

Advice.

peasant

Better Than Christ

The Spire on O'Connell St. If it disappeared in the morning, would anyone miss it?

Anyway, I have to go... 2003 just called and they want their opinion back.

Hot tubs. Great for a month, rarely bothered with afterwards.

For Forks Sake

An Olympic village.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandoned-athens-olympic-2004-venues-10-years-on-in-pictures

https://www.forbes.com/sites/keithflamer/2017/02/28/the-olympic-shames-rio-and-athens-sports-venues-abandoned/#42d71541ca0c

riclad

Nuclear weapons are a total waste of money
We have global trade between most countrys even China or Russia would not use them. the soviet union
failed because it could not compete or produce modern
products for its citizens. If a country wants to go to war
using cyber war is a lot easier than building nuclear weapons
I think Tg4 is a waste of money how many people will bother watching Irish language programs?