What is your white whale ?

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edmundfitzgerald
edmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
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A white whale is a reference to Moby Dick. The main character in Moby Dick chased the white whale (Moby Dick) for a realllly long time and never caught him.

So to say that something is your white whale, is to say that its something you chase and chase and chase and become obsessed with, but in the end, you never get it.

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    This:

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    Bob you could have picked that up for a mere 24000 last week.
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    @QUITCRAB said:
    Bob you could have picked that up for a mere 24000 last week.
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    What is your white whale ?
    So to say that something is your white whale, is to say that its something you chase and chase and chase and become obsessed with, but in the end, you never get it.
    Or it does not exist yet…
    Yep for me it would be an unopened rack pack with Patrick showing and then me and that rack would be taking a drive to the Exchange and having that one wrapped… :)

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    @Stone193 said:
    Not due to rarity as such but cost.

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    @stevegarveyfan said:
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    @halosfan said:
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    This is my white whale.

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  • thedutymon11
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    @nam812 said:

    @Stone193 said:
    Not due to rarity as such but cost.

    Ty Cobb T3.

    Hey Mike, maybe in the year 7510. If Cobb's a comin' he ought to be here by then. :D

    Kudos to the "In The Year 2525" Zager & Evans Nod. I wore numerous copies of that 45 out when I was a teen. Still love that song!

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