Elephants Rooms and Peanuts
I am not sure who started it but lots of polticians have started talking about the elephant in the room. More specifically they are refering to the elephant that their opponents apparently do not see. If the trend continues every politician will either have or be accused of having an elephant in his room. Even the Democritters wont be immune. No matter that their pet is a mule. Or is that a donkey?
All this elephant humor reminds me of a joke. How can you tell if there is an elephant in the shower with you? Answer: You can smell the peanuts on his breath.
Yeah, I know, pretty bad. I would catagorize that zinger about half a point above what I call ‘pull my finger jokes’. They are funny but only if its your finger that is being pulled.
On the other hand, the elephant in the room syndrome is funny from multiple perspectives. First, I doubt a politician would recognise it as an elephant. Second, they are so hard at work for us they probably would not notice unless it blocked their way to happy hour. Third, elephants only become visible when they occupy the other guys room.