# Does anyone feel like White Elephanting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310 "2005-08-30T19:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/161 "2005-09-30T18:06:14Z")
It was the chip and dip bowl I got last time. The candles I got at last years office Holiday party. I didn’t check inside the book. Whoops! If I was on that theme I could have sent you a dress. (what the hell does one do with the dress?) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/162 "2005-09-30T23:47:37Z")
elephants away!!! the herd thunders to the south and to the southwest. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/163 "2005-09-30T23:53:53Z")
came home to 2 copies of **Weird NJ** Fun reading for the doc’s office or at the mechanic’s 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CantUseMyRealName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@CantUseMyRealName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CantUseMyRealName)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/164 "2005-09-30T23:58:10Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > came home to 2 copies of **Weird NJ** > Fun reading for the doc’s office or at the mechanic’s 😃 i sent you two packages rose. the other one should be there next week. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/165 "2005-10-01T00:09:42Z")
cool - thankyou ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/166 "2005-10-01T00:10:53Z")
opps, the herd took a bit of a detour. they are now heading west, north west, and south, south west. the fellow at the ups store was rather baffled by the herd. i’m hoping he was able to steer them correctly. they should arrive in 5-7 business days. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/167 "2005-10-01T00:15:53Z")
A certain maternal feline should be receiving her elephant(s) within a week. We’re taking them down to the post office tomorrow morning on the way to the RenFaire. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/168 "2005-10-01T01:15:58Z")
I posted the first of 2 packages yesterday—I have a smaller padded envelope of stuff I forgot to include in the box. Anyhow, they are **travel** ing to the home of my elephantee. Although, if she is not there, I suppose the post man might have to leave the box in the **garden**. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/169 "2005-10-02T00:21:03Z")
Wow, **lorene** , thanks! The first box traveled fast. It wasn’t exactly in the garden when I got home today, but among the planters on my stoop. I’ve already used one of the shampoos. My niece and nephew will love using the sidewalk chalk. They both love to paint and draw when they come to visit. I’ve been meaning to get some chalk for them and now I don’t have to. And in lots of cool colors. Yay! The sauces sound interesting - definitely not something I’d buy on my own, but they’ll be fun to try. And well…who doesn’t need a copy of the _White Trash Cookbook_? Oh…and the frame actually coordinates really well with three that I have in my bedroom. I know I’m forgetting stuff, but I wanted to make sure you knew how much it was to receive the box. It was just the pick-me-up I needed - it’s been a long week. **tanookie** , glad the box got to you and you’re able to use some of it… I can’t remember where the dishrags came from, but they’d been sitting with my dishtowels for ages (I use a brush) and I just threw them in there on a whim. I painted the birdhouses myself and had planned to install them in the garden, but then I found something that went better in the place they were going to go. Glad your daughter’s enjoying them! GT ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/170 "2005-10-02T01:31:09Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > It was just the pick-me-up I needed - it’s been a long week. Awww, and seeing this really was a pick-me-up for me as well. Cruddy week here, too. Glad some of it at least is useful to you! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/171 "2005-10-03T08:59:34Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I forgot to mention the Blackberry Jam. YummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmY! > > I think it is my new favorite flavor. ( Strawberry being the winner for the last near four decades.) > > And the funky safety glasses-Aristotle Onasiss glasses…I need these for mowing my lawn but I refuse to pay for them. Now my neighbors can mock me liberally and it didn’t cost me anything! > > Thank you Picunurse…bawk bawk! I found out today what the “silver thingy” is… I saw an identical one in a catalog its a Hair stick. You know, long hair wound up with a stick through it? ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/172 "2005-10-03T15:17:02Z")
Did anyone get to send anything to Canada? Seems U.S. postal service is a hell of a lot faster than ours. ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/173 "2005-10-03T15:19:46Z")
I may pack some other stuff because apparently I didn’t pack quite enough, judging by other 'phanters! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/174 "2005-10-03T15:41:18Z")
I will finally be making it to the post office tomorrow. My car died on Friday, and I got it to the shop today. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/175 "2005-10-03T16:40:23Z")
> [@Edward The Head](#): > > I got mine last weekend I just never said anything. Lets see if I can remember what I got. I got a Detroit Lions shirt, which I wore on Monday hoping to see if anyone would say anything, they didn’t. YAY! I sent it and you got it! And you actually wore the Lion’s shirt. You, sir, are a brave man! ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/176 "2005-10-03T17:16:58Z")
Auugh! I’ve got the package all set to go, but I can’t get rid of it! The only way I can get to a post office is on Saturdays, and it’s closed by the time I get there. I could send it UPS if possible, but I need a phone number. **alice\_in\_wonderland** , is there any way you could get a hold of that for me, or is it okay if I wait until this Saturday to try sending it again? ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/177 "2005-10-04T15:42:00Z")
OK - the package is ready to go and will be sent on the way eastward at lunch time today. Pennsylvania, look out!!! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/178 "2005-10-04T15:57:22Z")
Avarie & NinjaChick, did you ever get mine? It occurs to me I didn’t put my name on it, but it was on the outside. Plain brown boxes. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/179 "2005-10-04T19:42:01Z")
**phall0106** Did you get one more box? Was phallboy pleased with the stuff you guys got? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310/180 "2005-10-09T14:28:29Z")
I got my elephant yesterday. Thanks, **Avarie537**! Let’s see… An adorable little fuzzy stuffed bunny (not short plush, but long, wooly fur) A package of Mai Tai umbrellas (cool!) Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” and other essays A copy of “How to Create a New Identity” Two Rainforest Cafe postcards A small photo album A package of 3 very large bars of triple milled spa soap in almond, melon and lavender scents Two very nice mini gift bags A cup insulator A mini bar of hotel soap An emergency poncho A Kappa Phi Omega pencil A San Jose Sharks ballcap A yellow paisley-pattern handkerchief (oh, dear…if you knew what a yellow handkerchief means, you’d understand why **supervenusfreak** was rolling around on the floor when I opened the package…) All in all, a very nice White Elephant! I can’t wait for the next one. BTW, **Mama Tiger** , did you get yours yet. We sent it out last Saturday priority. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-white-elephanting/319310.md?page=10)