# 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:** 6
**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 17, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/101 "2001-08-17T18:46:16Z")
thinksnow, my name should be added to the list of people who are still awaiting package #1. I know you knew that, but it wasn’t listed there. ---
**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 18, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/102 "2001-08-18T02:57:50Z")
[QUOTE] And these are the people that I show as having not received their packages from the first go-around (and you know what that means!):\*\* [li]Amarinth **(to be sent soon)**[_]Zappo **(resolved)**[_]Cranky **(to be sent soon)**[_]Pandora [_]Cazzle [_]AbbySouthernAccent [_]TheLoadedDog **(sent, not received)**[_]Chef Troy **(sent, not received)**[_]Beadlin[_]Whammo [_]Callie \*\*[/li][/QUOTE] And one I just found out about:Mercutio ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/103 "2001-08-18T02:58:16Z")
Et moi aussie ---
**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 18, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/104 "2001-08-18T03:19:06Z")
Indeed, mea culpa. ---
**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 20, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/105 "2001-08-20T13:27:14Z")
I have it on good authority that:**[li]Whammo[_]Pandora [_]Chef Troy**, and\*\*amarinth\*\*[/li]should have either received something this past weekend or will be very shortly. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/106 "2001-08-20T14:09:32Z")
If they haven’t received anything, lemme know. I have a pound or two of _muqtuq_ I could send away… ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/107 "2001-08-22T01:08:42Z")
Is it too late to get in on this ? Come on give a girl a break, I’ve been away from the boards for awhile, I was sick. I wanna play ! I have loads of cr… stuff around here. ---
**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 22, 2001, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/108 "2001-08-22T02:38:41Z")
My apologies, thinksnow. I was looking for a long name and in skimming, didn’t find it, so I assumed mine wasn’t on there. D’oh! I forgot that ever since our hot night of massages and ball-sucking, I’m the familiar shortened _Cranky_ to you all now… Anyway, as you all can see from another thread, I now have my cool stuff. Mwahahahaa. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/109 "2001-08-22T03:24:15Z")
Can I still get in on this??? Please!!! ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/110 "2001-08-22T03:40:41Z")
The MonkeyGuy can be a bit dim. After submitting my name and waiting patiently for an email that never came I went back and looked at my profile. DOH! Can I play? Can I play? Oh, please. Oh, please. ---
**Author:** ![Mobius74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@Mobius74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mobius74)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/111 "2001-08-22T09:37:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMensch \* > \*\*The MonkeyGuy can be a bit dim. After submitting my name and waiting patiently for an email that never came I went back and looked at my profile. DOH! > > Can I play? > Can I play? > Oh, please. Oh, please. \*\* :😕: Let me get this straight… You _emailed_ **thinksnow** with your honest-to-Betsy name and address and he can’t reply to that? Again, :😕: ---
**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 23, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/112 "2001-08-23T20:52:03Z")
New folks in:**[li]Zebra[_]eirroc[_]Jodi[\*]Zappo**(not new, but in again)**[_]monkeymensch[_]Jeffro**[/li] New folks that need to send IRL info (add’y, that is):**[li]beegirl[\*]Ayesha**[/li] Fellow that needs to provide other info:[li]J. Monger[/li] This is looking good, real good. The deadline is next Friday and emails will either be going out over the weekend or the following Monday (figure on Monday.) ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/113 "2001-08-23T22:30:27Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by thinksnow \* > **I have it on good authority that:** [li]Whammo[_]Pandora [_]Chef Troy\*\*, and\*\*[_]amarinth\*\*[/li]should have either received something this past weekend or will be very shortly. \*\* Nope, sorry. Still nothing as of the 23rd. Clearly the mail-room guy has been stealing my mail again. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/114 "2001-08-23T22:46:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\* > This is looking good, real good. The deadline is next Friday and emails will either be going out over the weekend or the following Monday (figure on Monday.) \*\* You mean Friday the 31st, right? I’ll be away from e-mail from the 26th to the 31st-should I expect it here when I get back or sometime over Labor day weekend? ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/115 "2001-08-23T23:21:29Z")
Hrm. Since it seems like this is going to run into September, I’m going to have to give you my school address, as opposed to my home address. **thinksnow** , my new info is on the way. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/116 "2001-08-23T23:33:55Z")
OK info sent, \*\* thinksnow you rock ! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/117 "2001-08-24T01:08:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chef Troy \* > Nope, sorry. Still nothing as of the 23rd. Clearly the mail-room guy has been stealing my mail again. \*\* You and me both, Chef. I’m still waiting as well. ---
**Author:** ![AndYrAStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/118 "2001-08-24T01:17:42Z")
Ohh! sign me up again if you still have my info. Glad I caught this in time. ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/119 "2001-08-24T11:43:23Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by thinksnow \* > **I have it on good authority that:** [li]Whammo[_]Pandora [_]Chef Troy\*\*, and\*\*[_]amarinth\*\*[/li]should have either received something this past weekend or will be very shortly. \*\* Nothing for me yet either. But I live in a rural area, and sometimes our mail takes awhile. **Thinksnow** , I’d like to thank you again, not only for setting up the original swap, and the second round… but for taking the time and energy to try and make sure everyone gets their package. I’ll really appreciate your effort. 🙂 -Pandora ---
**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 24, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/120 "2001-08-24T13:39:20Z")
**Lunatic** , got the new add’y. [bg]Ayesha\*\* and **mongrel\_8** , you’re in good shape. New to the swap:[li] **Ell** [/li] For those that haven’t gotten their thing from the first one yet, bummer. This time around, let’s say that if you can’t send your person something within two weeks, so the it’ll September 14[sup]th[/sup], drop me an email and I’ll reassign them (unless it’s just a matter of timing and you will be able to, just a bit later, then drop them an email so they don’t sit there waiting.) Sound good? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316.md?page=7)