# The White Elephant Exchange 2007 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597 "2007-10-22T18:03:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/21 "2007-10-24T04:59:40Z")
Does it have to be art, aka something decorative? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/22 "2007-10-24T05:34:50Z")
Ooh, ooh, I have a…thing. It’s perfect for a white elephant exchange, in fact, it’s the kind of objet d’art that white elephant exchanges were invented for. I even have the right size box to send it to its new home. Yay! Email sent. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/23 "2007-10-24T05:48:52Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] The White Elephant Exchange 2007 [/QUOTE] C’mon, aren’t there enough [Microsoft](http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/overview/default.mspx?wt.svl=overview)-bashing threads already? ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/24 "2007-10-24T08:18:28Z")
I’m in! I’m in! I’m in! The elephant I sent didn’t arrive last year, but now I’m in a different country with a more reliable postal system. I am so in! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/25 "2007-10-24T11:19:48Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] Does it have to be art, aka something decorative? [/QUOTE] No, it can be anythingt that you can’t just throw away but you can’t stand to own it any longer. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/26 "2007-10-24T21:40:31Z")
In that case, I’m in. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/27 "2007-10-24T22:19:45Z")
I’m in, too! I’m just afraid that my stuff isn’t quite strange and wonderful enough. (Can it be books? Media? or purely sculptural or wall art stuff?) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/28 "2007-10-24T22:22:00Z")
Count me in (if it works out being in the UK). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/29 "2007-10-24T22:31:04Z")
[QUOTE=Tapiotar] I’m in, too! I’m just afraid that my stuff isn’t quite strange and wonderful enough. (Can it be books? Media? or purely sculptural or wall art stuff?) [/QUOTE] Check out [previous](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=390002) [year’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=264160) [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=119696) to see what people have sent out… ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/30 "2007-10-24T22:31:33Z")
E-mail sent. I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/31 "2007-10-24T22:34:05Z")
I’m in. My wife is horrified by the idea, but she liked it last year. The Gettysburg plate I got last year is still proudly on display in the computer room. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/32 "2007-10-24T22:42:25Z")
[QUOTE=Blue Mood] Count me in (if it works out being in the UK). [/QUOTE] Hopefully some other UK or Euro Dopers will join. I’ll try to keep people exchanging by country to both keep down shipping costs and to keep down packages going missing. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/33 "2007-10-24T23:19:24Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] I’m in. My wife is horrified by the idea, but she liked it last year. The Gettysburg plate I got last year is still proudly on display in the computer room. [/QUOTE] Score! ---
**Author:** ![billyb0b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@billyb0b](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billyb0b)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/34 "2007-10-24T23:51:32Z")
Sounds like fun, I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/35 "2007-10-24T23:54:14Z")
Email sent. Wooohooo! My first White Elephant exchange! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/36 "2007-10-25T03:32:48Z")
Remember folks, To join you have to email [sdmbwhiteelephant@hotmail.com](mailto:sdmbwhiteelephant@hotmail.com) send your dope name, and your address. You don’t get to send an elephant without signing up to take in somebody eles’ elephant. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/37 "2007-10-25T03:39:44Z")
So far we have \*\*Zebra Edward the Head Phall0106 The Merchandise fisha gardentraveler dbygawdcapn LVGeogeek supervenusfreak jayjay Avarie537 Shirley Ujest Anaamika BrattiAtti Jahdra MsWhatsit Blue Mood freckafree Tristan Hockey Monkey \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Alistair\_McCello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/38 "2007-10-25T04:53:09Z")
I’ll dig through my apartment to see if I can find some cool and weird stuff I am [del]anxious[/del] willing to part with. If I can find some stuff I am totally in. (I’ll send my email this weekend). ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/39 "2007-10-25T11:40:59Z")
I have just the thing… I’m in. Like Flynn. ---
**Author:** ![Smith8762](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Smith8762](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smith8762)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/40 "2007-10-25T15:33:33Z")
Just sent the email, count me in! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597.md?page=3)