# The Straight Dope Secret Santa 2004 Exchange! New, with Improvements! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269 "2004-11-23T14:10:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/201 "2004-12-06T10:55:11Z")
This is odd. I think the spamblockers are blocking the hotmail address. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/202 "2004-12-06T10:58:27Z")
I will reemail now as I think we are having an ice storm and with my luck, I will lose power /cable and then where will my dopers be without their addresses. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/203 "2004-12-06T11:07:11Z")
I have resent the above three from my gmail account. For anyone else that I have to resend, it will be from [jfarndt@gmail.com](mailto:jfarndt@gmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/204 "2004-12-06T11:08:47Z")
**melondeca** your email came back unable to deliver. Please send me an email at the above gmail address. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/205 "2004-12-06T11:10:35Z")
If no one hears from me for a while it is because of Mother Nature. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/206 "2004-12-06T12:31:48Z")
I must have a dyslexic one…or something worse. I got a Secret Satan 😃 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/207 "2004-12-06T13:00:47Z")
Got mine too! I’m so excited and lucky to be the recipient of this Doper. I can’t wait to torture, uh, I mean, shower them with gifts. Off to plan my evil attack. Oops! That should read; “my expression of admiration and general wish for their health, happiness and plentiful bounty.” Yup, that’s it. 😃 I hope to be sending my present this weekend. Just so long as I can make all the ticking stop. And get the blasted thing to be _still_. Ahahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/208 "2004-12-06T14:01:54Z")
I got email!! Oh and an excuse to go shopping!! Woo Hoo! (Now if I can just buy for my secret santa and not buy for me… Just Kidding!) Yay for Shirley for organizing this monster! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/209 "2004-12-06T14:10:22Z")
Hi…I never got an e-mail saying who my Secret Santa recipient was? And I signed up way back on the first page. I’ve been away for couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/210 "2004-12-06T14:29:16Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I love it when Dopers burst into song in my honor…_:::::deep sigh:::::_ You have but to ask m’lady. [In tune]Hmmmmmmm[/In tune] To the tune of **Tubthumping** : > [@](#): > > Shirley gets knocked down, > But she gets up again, > You’re never gonna keep her down. > She gets knocked down > But she gets up again, > Matching names in her nightgown. > > (She’s throwing her weekend away, > Just so we can play.) > > She matches **gobear** up, > She matches **twickster** up, > She matches **Iris** up, > She matches **duffer** up. > > She’s very calm and she doesn’t ever blow her stack, > Even when her emails keep abouncin’ back. > > Don’t cry for her, **Iceland\_Blue** , > That just won’t dooooo. > > Shirley gets knocked down, > But she gets up again, > You’re never gonna keep her down. > She gets knocked down > But she gets up again, > To match Dopers from town to town. What’s that you say? You want something a wee bit more seasonal? But of course. \ To the tune of **O, Christmas Tree** : > [@](#): > > O, **Shirley Ujest** > O, **Shirley Ujest** , > Of all of the Dopers > Your (one of) the best. > > Working on Santa day and night, > To all of us, you’re out of sight. > > O, **Shirley Ujest** > O, **Shirley Ujest** , > When this is done > You’ll need a rest. Thanks for all of your hard work. We love you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/211 "2004-12-06T14:45:08Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > Hi…I never got an e-mail saying who my Secret Santa recipient was? And I signed up way back on the first page. > > I’ve been away for couple of days. Scratch this! I found it in my “bulk mail” box! Darn it! Thanks a million, Shirley. Let’s see, find something for my receipient (goes off snickering evilly). ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/212 "2004-12-06T15:10:58Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > (goes off snickering evilly). \ My kinda gal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/213 "2004-12-06T15:16:02Z")
Yay, I got my Secret Doper Name! Now I hope my person posts in this thread with some gift ideas, otherwise s/he’s getting something _I_ want to send. Bwahahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/214 "2004-12-06T15:52:10Z")
**Evil Ash** You obvious are avoiding work and we applaud & encourage this kind of tomfoolery. I am bumping this up again for those sitting at their desks in a Monday Morning Stupor… _The ice storm has been downgraded to No Big Deal. Feh._ Now that I know what entails these exchanges, it isn’t so bad. It was like a puzzle…I suck a puzzles. I felt almost important and it was like I had a job or something. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/215 "2004-12-06T15:53:12Z")
**Rhavenous Lady** did you get my email from gmail? I could send it by snail mail or by garbage pail. …I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/216 "2004-12-06T15:54:20Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > **melondeca** your email came back unable to deliver. Please send me an email at the above gmail address. Yoooo Hooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/217 "2004-12-06T16:00:17Z")
I got my name ! YAYAYYAY Thank you Shirley! Now I gotta do some diggin to see if my person has been naughty or nice. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/218 "2004-12-06T16:25:10Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I am bumping this up again for those sitting at their desks in a Monday Morning Stupor… Holy mackerel. There’s obviously a webcam pointed straight at me. _waves_ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/219 "2004-12-06T18:12:35Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Holy mackerel. There’s obviously a webcam pointed straight at me. _waves_ Stop picking your nose… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-secret-santa-2004-exchange-new-with-improvements/276269/220 "2004-12-06T18:25:01Z")
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