# The Much Shorter \*I Got My Elephant!!!\* Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354 "2001-09-28T17:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 28, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/1 "2001-09-28T17:58:06Z")
Five pages! Sheesh! That’s a bit too long. Even for an Elephant Thread. So, I’m dusting off my _Assistant Stand-In Elephant Wrangler Gopher, Third Class_ pin and starting this puppy up. Elephant recipients so far include… Jodi from Hastur Superdude from UncleBill beegirl from Zebra Gravity from BunnyGirl Skerri from delphica that\_darn\_cat from FairyChatMom bobkitty from monster Jeffro from Gravity Paul The Younger from Lsura FairyChatMom from Grace Arden Ranger from Paul The Younger thinksnow got a bonus package from porcupine callie from Zappo SilkyThreat from Briminator UncleBill from Rue DeDay Tequila Mockingbird from katiekilldare Boscibo from pcubed Aguecheek from porcupine Spyderman from Myron Van Horowitzski The Punkyova from Lunatic13 Odieman from Boscibo delphica from Tattva Zebra from dentarthurdent Verrain from Seawitch thinksnow got another one from rocking chair Wicked Blue from Elenfair enPhantBlanc from Jodi Lunatic13 from Aguecheek Shayna from bean\_shadow Diane from Baker TheOtherOne from Booker57 SpoilerVirgin from Chef Troy Booker57 from CrankyAsAnOldMan Rue DeDay from scout1222 Ino from Jeffro mongrel\_8 from dobbinaire Beadalin from beegirl Zebra got a bonus Elephant from rocking chair Pammipoo from Abby scout from bobkitty (two of my Special Friends) CrankyAsAnOldMan from Soda Ellen from SpoilerVirgin Elenfair jumped ship to say she got one from eirroc. So now we’re up to speed. (40 Official Exchanges)(Not counting the Still Waiting on the Couch Crew.) There you go. And post here, not the really long thread. OK? ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/2 "2001-09-28T18:00:59Z")
My fanny is still, unfortunately, on the couch. :big mournful sigh: ---
**Author:** ![Qis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Qis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qis)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/3 "2001-09-28T18:26:45Z")
What’s this elefant stuff? like, useless stuff? what? - scared \* sorry. i should really look this up, but i’m off out. what is this thread about? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/4 "2001-09-28T18:37:52Z")
**Qis** , [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80906) should answer your question… ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/5 "2001-09-28T18:47:52Z")
Pucette also received a bonus package from rocking chair. She’s still waiting for her Elephant… ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/6 "2001-09-28T18:52:51Z")
How much does it cost to post a White Elephant? and will you get it past customs? Let me know when it’s round three. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/7 "2001-09-28T18:56:38Z")
Can people who’ve sent their elephants check in here because they’ve yet to receive word that the package reached its destination? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/8 "2001-09-28T18:58:22Z")
I still don’t have my stuff. ☹ “So isn’t that what we’re asking in all of our lives—‘where’s my elephant?’ I know that’s what I’ve been asking,”–Kent Brockman. [sub]I know it was posted in the other thread. It’s just as relevant here! :D[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/9 "2001-09-28T19:28:55Z")
**Rue DeDay** this is **Baker** While you were wrangling you missed on of them thar elephants. I got my package, but I’m ashamed to say I don’t know for sure the user name of my sender. So I will include initials of the giver’s name. Thanks **SG** ---
**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 28, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/10 "2001-09-28T20:01:43Z")
**Baker** , your special person was **enPhantBlanc** , FYI. **Rue** , my lad, you are showing yourself to be quite the industrious little Wrangler. I think this might rate a promotion… ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/11 "2001-09-28T20:08:51Z")
Well, I did send mine, but recently. And so I can say “patience!” to one of the dopers who has already posted to this thread… 😉 Wow, that was subtle, wasn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/12 "2001-09-28T20:13:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qis \* > \*\*What’s this elefant stuff? > like, useless stuff? > what? > > - scared \* > > sorry. > i should really look this up, but i’m off out. > > what is this thread about? \*\* I stepped in some elephant stuff at the circus one time, but I don’t think that was your question… [sub]I see FCM answered while I was composing this, but it would be a shame to let all this coding go to waste, wouldn’t it?[/sub] Well, **Qis** , it all started with [an idea](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73107) of **Cranky’s** , that **thinksnow** took to wrangling. Soon [elephant’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75672) were [flying](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83031) all over the globe, and the first Straight Dope White Elephant Swap[sup]TM[/sup] was an (in)complete success. So of course, we had to do it [again](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80906), with **thinksnow** once again doing the wrangling. Yes, there were [cheap](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85188) and [tawdry](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86424) and even [calorie-laden](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88310) imitators, but there could only be one true \*[Wrangler de Elephants par Excellance[sup]TM[/sup]\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85616). Assignments [went out](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85323), and [pale pachyderms](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86419) soon followed…which is where we find ourselves [today](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=89976). Clear as elephant dung on a cloudy morning, eh? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/13 "2001-09-28T20:22:09Z")
This actually looks like fun. Wonder why I didn’t get in on it at the beginning. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/14 "2001-09-28T20:33:42Z")
Ack! There’s a lost post floating around somewhere… I linked to the url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86419](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86419)”]old thread. And caught up on the receptions I missed. amarinth from Astroboy Myron Van Horowitzski from SilkyThreat Elenfair from eirroc Astroboy from Kat Baker from enPhantBlanc (like **think** said) I think that’s everyone. If not, it’s not. And **Gartog** , Astroboy and Soda (Didn’t Cranky get a box from Soda?) are from Far and Wide. (I think Astroboy is from Wide and Soda is from Far, but I could be wrong.) And Ginger’s package is crossing a border. (Make of _that_ what you will.) So, yeah, you can play if you want. If anyone sees the original post, let me know. OK? -Rue. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/15 "2001-09-28T20:45:13Z")
Screw the coding and pad my post count. Cut’n’Paste, or click [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86419) ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/16 "2001-09-29T02:09:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*And **Gartog** , Astroboy and Soda (Didn’t Cranky get a box from Soda?) are from Far and Wide. (I think Astroboy is from Wide and Soda is from Far, but I could be wrong.) And Ginger’s package is crossing a border. (Make of _that_ what you will.) So, yeah, you can play if you want. > > If anyone sees the original post, let me know. OK? > -Rue. \*\* Well, I don’t know if I am FROM wide, but I AM wide!😃 Anyways, I’m glad **amarinth** got mine… ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/17 "2001-09-29T04:52:58Z")
Well, I got my crap. But what fantastic crap it is! In fact, this stuff is Hypercrap. Man, what a haul. Thanks a gajillion, **Gamelan**. Anyway, my g/f rang me and said a huge box had arrived from the USA, and because she doesn’t know much about the internet, almost nothing about the SDMB, and absolutely bugger all about the White Elephant Swaps, I thought I’d play with her mind, and I told her to go ahead and open it. Dunno what she was expecting when she opened it, but here’s an approximation of the goodies she found: [li]Tapes (including funky homemade karaoke ones) Gonna bung the Igor Stravinsky one into the casette player ASAP[/li][li]CDs of various persuasions including a **wait for it** …Taylor Dane album circa 1989.[/li][li]Videos (music mostly, and Little Shop of Horrors! wooHOO)[/li][li]A whole bunch of paperbacks, the most prized of which will be J Edgar Hoover’s 50s diatribe on the Red Menace[/li][li]A wonderful cigar box and tins[/li][li]Coupla watches (which even appear to be working)[/li][li]A bit sander for a drill[/li][li]A Tootsie Roll money box[/li][li]A box o’ decorative light bulbs[/li][li]An old TV aerial[/li][li]A Chinese dragon stamp[/li][li]A Dunkin’ Donuts napkin[/li][li]A Grand Casino pen[/li][li]A single serve sachet of soy sauce[/li][li]Guitar picks[/li][li]Stickers[/li][li]Not any moist towelette, but a PREMIUM moist towelette[/li][li]A clock radio[/li][li]Some matches[/li][li]Shells and bits of what look like coral[/li][li]A drawstring bag[/li][li]A map of Miami / Ft Lauderdale (particularly useful)[/li][li]A digital handheld metronome[/li][li]A postcard of the Grizzly Bear Artificial Insemination Team[/li][li]Other stuff I’ve probably forgotten (some of it is downstairs)[/li][sub]'cept I was told I almost got porn. Where’s my porn? We want porn!![/sub] Man O man, this is fun stuff. No wonder my girlfriend thinks the internet is for nutters. Thanks again, **Gamelan**! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/18 "2001-09-29T13:56:46Z")
[sup]_subtle bump_[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/19 "2001-09-29T14:21:27Z")
I am from Far, but mostly we call it Sweden. I _was_ worried my elephant might be stuch in customs for a while (hell, I sent Cranky glass pipes, easily mistaken as drug paraphenalia), but it had quite a speedy little trip across the Atlantic. I’m still awaiting my package, but my sender was sweet enough to drop me a line saying it was finally in the mail. I’ll be camping out by my mail box next week. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354/20 "2001-09-29T20:14:55Z")
So, there I was, returning from the trek I made to Publix, after a long morning driving to the bank, taking a nap, and then cleaning for a bit. I look at the bank of mailboxes, and think, “I won’t check it just now. It’s Saturday, and I never have anything anyway.” But I checked it anyway, cause, ya know, I kind of felt like it. Lo and Behold! A package from **Beadalin**. And it’s covered in beautiful polka-dotted paper. 🙂 I open it and find note, sending me on a _ **FANTABULUOUS IMAGINARY TRIP TO EUROPE** _. Wahoo! The first thing I see is a never opened **2000 Flushes Blue PLUS Detergents**. What have you heard about my housekeeping skills? Do you know my mother? **Books!**. I love books. First up is Ken Follett’s _The Modigliani Scandal_…cool, haven’t read that one yet. Followed by Louise Cooper’s _The Initiate_ and _The Master_. The titles sound…suggestive. **A pair of shoes**. But these aren’t just any shoes. Accoring to the note, these are **never-worn** shoes. Let me try to describe them. Sort of a high-heeled open back sandal, in red and yellow. There are bead & embroidery flowers across the toe-strap thingies.(Don’t laugh, I just buy shoes that I like, I don’t know what they’re _called_). The heels are a delightful shade of yellow, that contrasts beautifully with the red. Manufactured under the ever famous _Chinese Laundry_ brand. And they’re my size. I wonder if I can get away with these at the Audit Committee meeting Monday? **A Koosh!** And that’s Some Lizard that’s attached to it too. I especially like the facial expression. **Music!** _Chant_, by that famous group, The Benedictine Monks of Sante Domingo De Silos. **Pachelbel Kanon and other hits of the Baroque**. I know what I’m playing at MY next party. **Pure Party** , featuring hits such as _1999, Shake Your Booty, and Walk Like and Egyptian_ Inside this case are two CDs(the second cd is **holiday mix 2001** **An inflatable neck pillow** in a beautiful grey shade. **A cat toy** that reminds me vividly of the photo of an atom on my college chemistry text. **Another book!**. This one is _Pickles to Pittsburg_ the sequel to the ever-popular _Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs_ Finally, **a tall red candle** that smells kind of nice. Thanks **Beadalin** …the note amused me to no end along with everything inside. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-much-shorter-i-got-my-elephant-thread/84354.md?page=2)