# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/121 "2001-08-24T15:14:29Z")
That’s a really great idea, thinksnow. Hats off to you for offering to put even more effort into this! I had fun putting my first package together, so even though I never got someone else’s stuff, this whole thing has been great. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/122 "2001-08-24T15:20:22Z")
I’m starting to get stuff around. I can’t wait to find out whose name I get! 😃 ---
**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 24, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/123 "2001-08-24T17:59:59Z")
Well, no… not my package. What I _ **did** _ get, however, was a very nice apologetic e-mail from the person who sent it. As many people theorized, it was delayed due to circumstances beyond their control, then sent… and lost by the post office, as far as we can tell. They vowed to send a replacement, but I almost wish they wouldn’t - after my pissy rant in here I don’t feel like I deserve it. Why exactly DID this matter so much to me? Only on the point of manners… which has been more than satisfied as far as I’m concerned. So, um… _hangs head, scrapes toe back and forth on the ground_ [sub]can I get my name back on the list please?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/124 "2001-08-24T18:18:26Z")
I guess my request to be included got lost in my reply to **Chef Troy**. What I meant to say was" Please O please let **moi** and I play again, we had a blast last time. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/125 "2001-08-24T18:52:43Z")
I’ve got more damn stuff… I just want it known that my WE package will include a SELECTION of goodies… 🙂 stoid ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/126 "2001-08-24T19:53:14Z")
Gee, I gotta drop in on MPSIMS more often! I just have lots of tra… er, ju… ah, gar… that is, stuff I could ship out. Someday it will all be valuable as collector’s items, I just know it. Count me in as a latecomer! ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/127 "2001-08-24T20:16:52Z")
I just last night found the most _crap-tacular_ thing is the worst junk shop I’ve ever seen. Cost me a buck twenty-five, but nothing’s too good for you, my as-yet unknown recipient. 🙂 And no, I don’t intend to _buy_ stuff, but this . . . this . . . well, it’s so awful I had to have it. Because you have to have it. Whoever you are. 🙂 ---
**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 27, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/128 "2001-08-27T15:29:31Z")
New to the exchange-craptacular: [li]stoidMyron Van Horowitzski[/li] **Chef** , of course you are back in, I kinda suspected (and hoped) you would be, but I was waiting…well, you understand. **t\_d\_cat** and **moi** , you’re in. **Jodi** , I’ve not received any info from you. ---
**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 27, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/129 "2001-08-27T15:31:44Z")
Uh, **Jodi** , nevermind, my monkey-paw figured out how to scroll up and found you info. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/130 "2001-08-27T16:01:27Z")
THINKSNOW, I sent you an e with my addy. I’ll resend it. ---
**Author:** ![Briminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@Briminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briminator)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/131 "2001-08-27T16:04:16Z")
I’m still waiting to see who gets some of my wonderful crap…er…stuff… ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/132 "2001-08-27T17:28:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jodi \* > \*\*I just last night found the most _crap-tacular_ thing is the worst junk shop I’ve ever seen. Cost me a buck twenty-five, but nothing’s too good for you, my as-yet unknown recipient. 🙂 And no, I don’t intend to _buy_ stuff, but this . . . this . . . well, it’s so awful I had to have it. Because you have to have it. Whoever you are. 🙂 \*\* I’ve got to ask, which shop? ---
**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 27, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/133 "2001-08-27T17:41:29Z")
…for my family reunion this weekend. What’s a “touchy-feely” bag? It’s a dark cloth bag with about fifty odds and ends from around the house thrown into it. The game is to “touch” and “feel” the bag (sorry for those who got their hopes up 😉 ) until you can list all the items in the bag. The one with the most listed wins. I’m just wondering what to DO with all the thingy’s in the bag after this weekend…hmmmm? ---
**Author:** ![AndYrAStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/134 "2001-08-27T18:26:35Z")
\ don’t forget about me. I want in on this again, too. ---
**Author:** ![fireman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fireman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fireman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/135 "2001-08-28T01:14:31Z")
Umm, if you have room for a new guy, count me in. ---
**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 28, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/136 "2001-08-28T20:39:57Z")
New to the list:**[li]fireman**[/li] **And…Star** , consider yourself a soon-to-be victim 😉 Remember kids, the doors close at noon this Friday (the 31[sup]st[/sup] of August) so if anyone is lingering around, waiting to see who else will join, ya’ better get movin’. ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/137 "2001-08-28T20:52:32Z")
**Jodi** , I’m glad I’m not the only one shopping. Not that I don’t have stuff to send - oooooo, have I got stuff to send. But if I can find something more horrible, I’m going to snap it up and mail it off. This may be the only group of people who have ever elicited this particular neurosis from me; the fear that my belongings _just aren’t crappy enough._ ---
**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 28, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/138 "2001-08-28T21:08:35Z")
I feel I should point out, in case people are wondering, that you really shouldn’t go out and buy stuff for this, the idea being for you to trade out things that you already have but no longer have any use for. 'Course, you can do whatever you want, but I know _I_ have more than enough junk sitting around already. ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/139 "2001-08-28T21:51:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\*I feel I should point out, in case people are wondering, that you really shouldn’t go out and buy stuff for this. [Ed McMahon]You are correct, sir.[/Ed McMahon] I promise, nothing I’ve looked at has a price tag of more than a dollar. And I’m not deliberately shopping, I swear. I just notice I’ve been slowing down when I drive past yard sales, then speeding up if the people have any taste or artistic sensibility. ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316/140 "2001-08-28T21:55:21Z")
I hope somebody sends me a big box of preview. [sub]Sorry.[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-white-elephant/75316.md?page=8)