# The Elephant Has Landed! **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [September 4, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720 "2001-09-04T18:37:05Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/1 "2001-09-04T18:37:05Z")
Woo-hoo. Just got my white elephant swap assignment, time to start gathering the junk. Thanks ts! ---
### Author: ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/2 "2001-09-04T19:00:00Z")
One box of crap headed out of country, soon. ---
### 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: [September 4, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/3 "2001-09-04T19:05:59Z")
May be a week or so before mine gets out. I still have room in the box. šŸ˜ƒ ---
### Author: ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/4 "2001-09-04T19:07:31Z")
One package of juā€“craā€“STUFF being assembled to head out of country! ---
### Author: ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/5 "2001-09-04T19:12:37Z")
Thanks a bunch, **ts**! \ ---
### Author: ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/6 "2001-09-04T19:17:20Z")
Iā€™ve been collecting a few choice items in a box that my cat insists on being in. The victim Iā€™ve got will get some cat hair as an added bonus, but I promise, no hairballs! ---
### Author: ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/7 "2001-09-04T19:41:25Z")
I hope all my great stuff is appreciated. [sub]Someone is really going to hate me for this. [/sub] šŸ˜‰ ---
### Author: ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/8 "2001-09-04T19:46:27Z")
I hope to have my goodies boxed and on the way by the end of the week. And by ā€œgoodiesā€, I donā€™t mean _goodies_ so get your mind outta the gutterā€¦ hmmm - look what I just found on the desk - that can go tooā€¦ hehehehe ---
### Author: ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/9 "2001-09-04T19:47:31Z")
Ooo somebodyā€™s in for some delicious crap! I only received a name and address ā€“ no SDMB username. So, while I know who my person is, I donā€™t know who my person is. Well, regardless, Iā€™m sure New York will never be the same. ---
### Author: ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/10 "2001-09-04T19:55:17Z")
::getting mind out of gutter:: HOT damn! Now to cater my junk to this specific personā€™sā€¦ umā€¦, how shall we sayā€¦, personality? ::note to self, review USPS restrictions on mailing hazardous goods:: ---
### 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: [September 4, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/11 "2001-09-04T19:57:19Z")
Well, dang, I was gonna start a ā€œTe Elephant is Out and Runningā€ thread, but itā€™s taken me this long (one hour, 45 minutes) to send out all the info! Okay, so if anyone **has not** received any info and thinks they should have, email me ASAP. Who knows, I might have missed you. [sub]There were, afterall, exactly 100 Dopers in this round![/sub] ---
### Author: ![Briminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@Briminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briminator) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/12 "2001-09-04T19:58:54Z")
Whoa nellyā€¦Someone is gonna get some stuff so cool that everyone will be super jealouse šŸ˜ƒ heh heh heh ---
### Author: ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/13 "2001-09-04T20:09:58Z")
Well, thanks for all of the work, **thinksnow** , this will be great fun, all thanks to you. Time to make a box! ---
### Author: ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/14 "2001-09-04T20:24:36Z")
Iā€™m sending mine out in a week, so that I can ā€œcontemplateā€ the junk Iā€™m going to send. The only problem is that I donā€™t know my person that well, but I donā€™t fret too much. Iā€™m good at giving out stuff. ---
### 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: [September 4, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/15 "2001-09-04T20:28:49Z")
thinksnow, you are the best. I know this was a boatload of work, and to do it without pay not once but TWICE makes you the studliest of the studly. ---
### Author: ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/16 "2001-09-04T20:38:03Z")
Yeah, what she said. šŸ˜‰ Hey, **bean** , do what I did. Print off their profile (if theyā€™ve got one) or take a peek at some of the threads theyā€™ve posted to. That helped me. ---
### Author: ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/17 "2001-09-04T20:49:05Z")
Iā€™m one of the ones **thinksnow** missed. Iā€™ve emailed you, **ts** , with my IRL addy, but wait!! thereā€™s more!! Um, that doesnā€™t mean someone didnā€™t get me. Rest assured, whomever (whoever?), as soon as I get an addy, your box _will_ fill up :D. dob ---
### Author: ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/18 "2001-09-04T20:53:00Z")
_Searches frantically for suitably trashy things to send_ Woooo! ---
### Author: ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi) #### Post date: [September 4, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/19 "2001-09-04T20:55:07Z")
I was SO glad to get my lucky victimā€™s name! I have a smallish pile of crappola sitting on my table and Iā€™ve been waiting to box it up, address it, and send it. My box is not going out of the country but nearly so ā€“ couldnā€™t get any further away from me and still be in the continental United States. _:: rubbing hands together ::_ Iā€™m so glad Iā€™m one of the Easily Entertained ā€“ this is so fun! šŸ™‚ ---
### 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: [September 4, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720/20 "2001-09-04T20:56:17Z")
Nope, **dob** , I sent your elephant info to the _evwin@coā€¦_ email addā€™y and someone has, as I type this, your number, too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-has-landed/79720.md?page=2)