# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/61 "2007-10-29T20:32:46Z")
That email address again is [sdmbwhiteelephant@hotmail.com](mailto:sdmbwhiteelephant@hotmail.com) Huge, you sent it to my address, don’t worry, I forwarded it to the proper one. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/62 "2007-10-29T21:35:06Z")
Sent…I’m in… tsfr ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/63 "2007-10-30T03:54:44Z")
The list is: \*\*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 stretch The Punkyova billyb0b Susie Derkins Buttonjockey308‏ gigi Antist SomeUserName snowblindfrog Tapiotar Surok Purplkid\_Caterer Autolycus rocking chair HYPNO-TOAD ThisSpaceForRent Hal Briston FourPaws Hugh Jass freespiritisi \*\* Last day to sign up. Any more? Anyone missing? Got a few additions last night. Anyone else? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/64 "2007-10-30T11:14:04Z")
I’ve got my box ready to send! This is so exciting! ---
**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 30, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/65 "2007-10-30T23:17:25Z")
**Zebra** , I just sent out the email, I am in. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/66 "2007-10-30T23:29:32Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] If anyone knew what I was going to send, they may have second thoughts about signing up for a lottery to ‘win’ it. [/QUOTE] Wait. So you have this evil thing, and you can send it to anyone you want, because after all you are organizing it? Yeesh. Hope no one’s pissed off \*\*Zebra \*\*lately! ---
**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 31, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/67 "2007-10-31T00:22:53Z")
[QUOTE=Tapiotar] I’ve got my box ready to send! This is so exciting! [/QUOTE] Geez! Y’all are way too organized for me! I’m still wandering around my house looking at things and evaluating… ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/68 "2007-10-31T01:55:59Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Geez! Y’all are way too organized for me! I’m still wandering around my house looking at things and evaluating… [/QUOTE] Me too! (By the way, **Mika** , I just started using the purse you sent in last year’s package. And my goddaughter got the lock after I used it at the youth hostel in Chicago.) GT ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/69 "2007-10-31T01:57:15Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Wait. So you have this evil thing, and you can send it to anyone you want, because after all you are organizing it? Yeesh. Hope no one’s pissed off \*\*Zebra \*\*lately! [/QUOTE] I wonder if it’s anything like I got from him a couple of years ago. I ended up with a HUGE Mr Garrison head poster, a couple of other posters that I don’t remember and something that was supposed to get rid of dog poop. I still have dog poop so it must not have worked properly. The package was so big he had to UPS it to me. Be afraid, be very afraid. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/70 "2007-10-31T02:20:11Z")
If it is still open, I’m in. Sending email now. When does the actual sending take place again? I skimmed really fast… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/71 "2007-10-31T05:20:20Z")
You’re in **CTTDSWHC**. Emails have been sent. You should have one from [sdmbwhiteelephant@hotmail.com](mailto:sdmbwhiteelephant@hotmail.com) with the subject line of “Send your White Elephant to…”. If you don’t see it, check your junk folder. I forwarded the emails each of you sent me so I couldn’t screw up the addresses. Nobody had to ship internationally. We did have a pair of sisters and two people had the same shipping address. Hummm… Personally I’m still deciding what I’m willing to part with. Can I send a live cat? ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/72 "2007-10-31T09:15:26Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Can I send a live cat? [/QUOTE] Oh please! Shipping animals is so much fun. Plus there’s a cat in the house where I’m living at the moment that I would _love_ to see the back of! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/73 "2007-10-31T11:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] If it is still open, I’m in. Sending email now. When does the actual sending take place again? I skimmed really fast… [/QUOTE] > [@Zebra](#): > > I will close up the registration for this at midnight, October 29th. Oh Halloween you will get an email with the name and address of the person where your elephant will migrate. **Please get your gift in the mail/UPS within a week.** Bolding mine… I love cats, but I’m allergic. On the other hand, my niece was telling me the other day that I needed to acquire one. 😃 I have my e-mail and am wandering around the house thinking about objects my [del]victim[/del] giftee might “appreciate.” ::Wanders off cackling evilly to herself.:: GT ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/74 "2007-10-31T11:59:50Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] two people had the same shipping address. [/QUOTE] **supervenusfreak** and I live together. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/75 "2007-10-31T12:22:19Z")
Well I didn’t want to announce it to the whole internets. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/76 "2007-10-31T12:40:54Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Well I didn’t want to announce it to the whole internets. [/QUOTE] Heh! It’s not like it’s a huge secret. We’re like the Unambiguously Gay Duo of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/77 "2007-10-31T13:41:58Z")
So much for my idea of sending you old porn. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/78 "2007-10-31T13:49:37Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Can I send a live cat? [/QUOTE] We just have to display it at home or at work all year? So a live cat confined to a sealed glass box? Should be interesting as the year progresses. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/79 "2007-10-31T14:03:30Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] We just have to display it at home or at work all year? So a live cat confined to a sealed glass box? Should be interesting as the year progresses. :eek: [/QUOTE] Bonsai kitty! ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/80 "2007-10-31T14:28:28Z")
Shiny! Now for the plotting… I may just have to talk the wife and the dogs into making a trip up to visit my Mom and the “family estate” this weekend. There is some truly crazy stuff in the dark corners of the house…the workshop…the barn…the other house… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597.md?page=5)