# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/101 "2007-11-02T17:19:26Z")
Just sent mine out! My office thought the idea of a white elephant exchange was a brilliant one. Now they wish THEY knew a bunch of strangers to send their weirdo stuff to. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/102 "2007-11-02T18:02:12Z")
My elephant will be heading out on Monday. It has been carefully swaddled in bubble wrap and nestled in brown paper. I even dusted it before I wrapped it! It’s headed East. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/103 "2007-11-02T18:41:52Z")
Our elephants will be heading out next week. There is something from my office that will fit in quite nicely, but I won’t be able to get them until then. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/104 "2007-11-02T19:29:23Z")
My elephant went out about 30 minutes ago. I didn’t send a list, because I wasn’t sure what was going in my box until I started packing and I don’t have a working printer at home. I am not subjecting anyone to my handwriting…there is only so much someone should have to suffer when receiving a white elephant from me. Can’t wait to hear it made it across country. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/105 "2007-11-02T20:50:28Z")
I’m forbidden by the Geneva Convention to make people read my handwriting. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/106 "2007-11-02T21:05:11Z")
Le Package of Crapola is enroute. To where, I ain’t saying. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/107 "2007-11-02T21:47:47Z")
My shipment shall be delayed a bit, as this weekend’s planned travels to my Mom’s (where all the good stuff is) has been postponed till next weekend due to family illness. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/108 "2007-11-03T10:12:18Z")
I just had a nightmare, so I got up to walk it off. **Hypno-Toad** & **fisha** , you aren’t supposed to _tell_!! You wait for the vict…recipient to say they got the package. If they don’t figure it out, then you can tell! Remember, we have to say (here or in a new thread) what we got. BTW, Mahout Mailman started East about noon on Friday. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/109 "2007-11-04T00:13:05Z")
My box is going out in Monday’s mail. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 4, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/110 "2007-11-04T00:58:23Z")
My box is all packed - stuffed to the gills, really - and ready to go to the 24-hour post office sometime tomorrow. GT ---
**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:** [November 4, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/111 "2007-11-04T02:29:28Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] **Hypno-Toad** & **fisha** , you aren’t supposed to _tell_!! You wait for the vict…recipient to say they got the package. If they don’t figure it out, then you can tell! [/QUOTE] You play by your rules, I’ll play by mine. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/112 "2007-11-04T06:37:14Z")
My apologies…My package will be going out Monday. This week has been crazy busy!! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/113 "2007-11-04T13:40:04Z")
I spent alll Saturday AM getting my box ready, choosing what would go. Then I realized that Ithe post office closed at 1. So, it will start its migration on Monday. OH and was I the only person tempted to give a fake address. So I could get rid of stuff and let someone else get a box of weird stuff? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/114 "2007-11-04T19:42:32Z")
I had one of those receipts from the post office the other day. I thought it might have been my white elephant, but the name was Dirt Track and I couldn’t find anyone’s name here with that name. When I picked it up it said documentary not pornography and I remembered that I had ordered a DVD from India. ---
**Author:** ![purple\_haze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/115 "2007-11-05T04:36:45Z")
My elephant will be trundling west tomorrow. The box is chock full o’ elephanty goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/116 "2007-11-05T14:20:20Z")
My Elephant(s) is heading to FL for the winter. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/117 "2007-11-05T14:29:50Z")
My elephant will be heading out by the end of the week… with my sister-in-law visiting I haven’t had a chance to gather up jun… uh… classy items to give out. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/118 "2007-11-05T15:06:49Z")
looks like i may be the first to post… I GOT ONE! the elephant has landed. luckily i have a doctor appt today and was home when the postman rang once. i got lots of nifty stuff… an audubon puzzle of a cardinal in snow alphabet soup pasta a fish lure (from fisha?..hhhmmmm) bandaids clothes hook playdo compass halogen light bulb mysterious plastic oval things. and a nifty viking boat. i think i see a dozen of eriks and one bill on the boat. the cats approve of it, so it will be placed on a table in the living room next to the danish wooden troll. thank you!!! a most wonderful way to start a monday. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/119 "2007-11-05T15:57:33Z")
My pachy started tromping southward Saturday midday. My house feels lighter and the best part was, searching for items made me neaten up some of my junkier drawers. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/120 "2007-11-05T16:09:01Z")
The doorbell rang as I was sitting here packaging up my elephant – t’was the mailman, bearing a shark-infested\* parcel! However, I’m not opening my inbound package until my outbound package is all ready to go. Update in an hour or two. \*you’ll understand when you see the pics [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597.md?page=7)