LONDON. MARCH, 18.
A WHITE ELEPHANT!
HURRAH FOR MICKEY!
As I took my very expensive Rolex watch to the menders for the umpteenth time yesterday, I was reminded of the two Maharajahs and their elephant.
These two vastly wealthy gentlemen had a long running grudge against each other until one day one of them thought of a way of settling the argument for good.
In India a white elephant is a sign of good luck and is empowered with super elephantine powers. If it dies then the owner will have nothing but plague and pestilence for ever.
The Clever Maharajah bought such an animal and presented it to his enemy as an offering in an outward sign of bringing peace and tranquility and an end to all their hostilities.
The big white beast was duly marched into his enemies' stables and the Grateful Maharajah covered it with jewels, expensive livery and it was treated with much pomp and circumstance.
The elephant duly became sick and to ensure it lived the Grateful Maharajah spent all his money on keeping this animal alive fully realising that if it died then his empire was lost.
It did indeed die after a long and expensive illness.
The Clever Maharajah was jubilant. His enemy was crippled and hence the saying, "It's just a white elephant". Beautiful to look at but not much use!
Well, that is slightly how I now regard my Rolex watch!!
Since receiving it I have spent many hundreds of pounds trying to keep it ticking. It has been back to the factory via Rolex at least twice, been to Switzerland via Italy several times, and now back in London it has been to a watch maker for the third time and every time I have paid a bill of over two hundred pounds. Sometimes, seven hundred pounds.
A thousand pounds when it lost one of its diamonds!!!
I love my watch but am beginning to think of it as a White Elephant. I am now wearing a Mickey Mouse watch as my expensive watch has gone to the menders.
AGAIN!!!
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