# I want to do a white elephant swap... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573 "2001-06-04T20:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/161 "2001-07-03T01:10:24Z")
My husband’s getting iritated with me calling home every day from work on the guise of just wanting to see how his day os going…then I oh-so-casually ask the inevitable: has anything interesting has come in the mail? I’ve had some false alarms–I bought something on ebay last week and because I used paypal, I never knew the address of the seller (I never pay attention to the region listing in the auction). When my husband said I had a priority mail package from IL, I couldn’t wait to get home. FALSE ALARM! Argh. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/162 "2001-07-03T02:57:33Z")
[waaaahhhhh} I _still_ didn’t get anything! [/waaaahhhhh} ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/163 "2001-07-03T04:47:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Personally, I think **Astroboy** made up his parcel to deliberately make the rest of us look bad. I think it’s a pathetic cry for attention. I think he’s trying to buy love. And I’m not saying this just because I’m a bitter old woman. I’d have the same opinion if I was a bitter young woman. > > so, neener neener neener… > > \*\* I’m innocent! **INNOCENT** I tells ya! I just happen to have a lot of weird crap laying around! Mostly because I live with a bunch of weirdos could couldn’t fit in in their own countries, and ran away to Asia… We also have a White Elephant table in the common room where people leave stuff, and I can’t resist grabbing it! I didn’t even send some of the REALLY weird stuff I have!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/164 "2001-07-03T15:44:56Z")
I received my package a couple of days ago, do we have another thread where we are posting results up yet? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/165 "2001-07-03T15:50:33Z")
Right [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75672), **Kaz**. My person should have theirs by now. I think I’m gonna go track the thing. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/166 "2001-07-03T16:22:33Z")
@#!%&%@@#!! **thinksnow** , check your email. Somewhere along the way my person’s address got screwed up. Their package is sitting in the UPS shipping center waiting for a correction or a pickup. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/167 "2001-08-07T13:44:36Z")
This is the list of folks that, as of this morning, have _not_ seen little white elephants jaunting around:[ul][li]amarinth[_]zappo[_]CrankyAsAnOldMan (the originator of this whole thing!)[_]Pandora[_]Cazzle[_]AbbySouthernAccent[_]TheLoadedDog[_]Chef Troy[_]Beadalin[_]Whammo[_]Callie[/ul]We also have a few new people that want in, but I’m not sure o how to integrate them. As you may have read, we have a few kind Dopers with too much jun…stuf…whose bounty over-flows with gracious gifts. These people wish to contribute yet another elephant and I see no reson they can’t, however I’d like to see completion from the original participants.[/li] I understand that some might have had some difficulty and that is okay. Could those people please email me and I’ll see that their person is moved to someone else, please. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/168 "2001-08-07T15:30:26Z")
Just checking, but will there be \*\* White Elephant II: The Reckoning\*\*? You know, starting over. “Let’s take it again from the top. This time with _feeling_!” It’s just, the Little Woman is planning a garage sale, and I want to be able to plan accordingly. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/169 "2001-08-07T15:49:22Z")
Are there post missing from this thread or is it just me that’s not seeing them? There were several between me needing an address again and **thinksnow** ’s last post. Back on track, I already have another box packed. Send me a name! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573.md?page=8)