# The Return of the White Elephant! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316 "2001-08-07T16:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/41 "2001-08-07T21:43:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Verrain \* > \*\*Round two! I can’t wait. \*\* I’ll remember you said that. 😉 You have e-mail from me too, **thinksnow**. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/42 "2001-08-07T21:53:09Z")
Me me me me me meeeeee! [sub][sup]ahem[/sup][/sub] **thinksnow** , please add me to the list. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/43 "2001-08-07T22:37:02Z")
Oooh, I’ll play. I’ve never been in one of these before though. Makes me cringe thinking about what might show up at my door. 😛 Info sent. ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/44 "2001-08-07T23:06:22Z")
Info sent, ready and willing to have a go at this. Hmmm, I wonder how long it will take me to get to the back of that closet? 😃 dob ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/45 "2001-08-07T23:10:47Z")
Happy Fun Squad Leader, reporting for duty. 🙂 Woohoo! Elly ---
**Author:** ![dentarthurdent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dentarthurdent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dentarthurdent)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/46 "2001-08-07T23:15:00Z")
I’m in, I have the perfect item… Info to be sent… ---
**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:** [August 7, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/47 "2001-08-07T23:55:30Z")
may i join in… again? ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/48 "2001-08-08T00:04:51Z")
Count me in! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/49 "2001-08-08T00:17:07Z")
thinksnow, I’m in again. I sure hope you do have my contact info, but if you don’t let me know. But what do you mean, NO FRUITCAKE? Fruitcake is great! I LIKE fruitcake. I MAKE fruitcake at Christmas! Who has thinksnow’s mailing address? I’ll send a fruitcake that will change someone’s mind!!! ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/50 "2001-08-08T00:20:25Z")
Slap my ass and call me a dipshit, but how does this work? Random name drawings like “Secret Santa” and then you’ll tell us who to send our crap…er… I mean… pristine items we no longer appreciate to? How do we know where to send 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:** [August 8, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/51 "2001-08-08T01:10:26Z")
Lord, Diane, I hope you still have some AOL diskettes to include in your second shipment. That was the most classic touch. Turbo, thinksnow gives you someone’s name. Someone else gets yours. You don’t tell them who you are ahead of time, you merely let the package show up at their door, where you can reveal yourself in a note. You might also use the note to apologize for anything that warrants it, or explain the use of anything mysterious. One only has to send one thing, but many people got creative and sent a whole bunch o’ useless crap. For example, in round one I sent a tacky cooler shaped like a golf bag, a useless video that makes your TV look like an aquarium when it plays, and a computer game I never played that takes NASA-level amount of memory to run properly. I notice that I forgot to include the Buns of Steel video I meant to add… ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/52 "2001-08-08T01:22:00Z")
Thanks Cranky! So it’s done blindly huh? That could be scary! Way too cool though. Consider me in on this 😃 ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/53 "2001-08-08T04:05:45Z")
Count me in! Sounds like a fun way for a newbie to get to know some people. And since I never throw anything away, I have tons of wonderful items to contribute. Info on the way… ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/54 "2001-08-08T04:06:29Z")
Sign me up again! You still have my info, **thinksnow**? ---
**Author:** ![Mobius74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@Mobius74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mobius74)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/55 "2001-08-08T04:17:07Z")
Against all laws of constraint and my much too conservative judgement, I simply _must_ try this… Info on the way… ---
**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 8, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/56 "2001-08-08T05:20:33Z")
I’ve still got everyone that was in the original, so no worries there (unless you are paranoid about someone having your info, then you’re SOL, cuz I’m selling it all to Publisher Clearing House\*! Mwuhahaha!) [sub]\*: for the humor impaired, that was a joke.[/sub] ---
**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 8, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/57 "2001-08-08T13:54:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \ ***: for the humor impaired, that was a joke.** ---
**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:** [August 8, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/58 "2001-08-08T14:16:11Z")
Dammit, **thinksnow** , you’d better not be selling our names to anyone! Man, I’ll slap you with a lawsuit so fast it’ll make your head spin!\* [sub]\* Must have left my humor in my other pants this morning.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/59 "2001-08-08T15:01:23Z")
**Baker** , ahem, I LOVE fruitcake. So if you just happen to get my name, feel free to send fruitcake. Oh, I guess I should clarify: fruitcake made within the last 7 days of the intended ship date! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/60 "2001-08-08T18:01:13Z")
::: **Ginger** crosses fruitcake offa the list… **Bunny**! It’s better when it’s older! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316.md?page=4)