# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![billyb0b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@billyb0b](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billyb0b)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/141 "2007-11-06T00:57:01Z")
My pachyderm is on the way tomorrow! Mine isn’t as original as the ines already listed, but I think the recipient will enjoy at least a part of it. Displaying it for a year will _suck_, though. I can’t wait to get mine from whoever. ---
**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 6, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/142 "2007-11-06T01:21:57Z")
Mine trotted to the post office yesterday, but I think it didn’t actually go out till today. Should be there tomorrow or the next day. It went east. I think I forgot to put my Doper name on it anywhere. Contents are listed on an index card inside. I have an amazing amount of extra stuff. (This was only the tip of the iceberg, I’m afraid. Really need to work my way through all my secret storage areas.) GT ---
**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 6, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/143 "2007-11-06T04:05:14Z")
> [@](#): > > A headless Ken doll. At least, I’m assuming it’s a Ken doll. For obvious reasons, we can’t use dental records to identify the body. Fingerprints won’t work either, since in Barbie World, fingerprints are as smooth as genitalia It’s the Jimmy Hoffa Doll. If the head turns up, I’ll send it along, but it’s been three years now and probably got flushed down the toilet or something. As you can guess, it was a bit of a kid-oriented Elephant. I am giddy with trepidation over what I shall find at my doorstep in the next couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![CoBa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@CoBa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoBa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/144 "2007-11-06T05:07:16Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Hee. It came from a trip out of town–we don’t have glamorous items like [that](http://lnt.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pG01-1097903reg.jpg) around here! [/QUOTE] Huh. I have a couple of those exact pineapples. Great minds buy weird things alike. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/145 "2007-11-06T14:03:59Z")
I have one too. It sits on the couch. The cat attacks it sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/146 "2007-11-06T14:19:40Z")
[QUOTE=CoBa] Great minds buy weird things alike. [/QUOTE] And so do yours! Sorry, sorry. As promised, mine is going out today. So I won’t report who it’s going to until they get it, I guess! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/147 "2007-11-06T14:50:50Z")
My Elephant is kind of Halloween themed. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/148 "2007-11-06T15:12:35Z")
As I headed to the PO today to see if my guy made it yet, an earworm occurred to me and I must pass it on: SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT, PACHYDERM \>pachyderm /echo\< Enjoy! ---
**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:** [November 6, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/149 "2007-11-06T16:31:44Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] As I headed to the PO today to see if my guy made it yet, an earworm occurred to me and I must pass it on: SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT, PACHYDERM \>pachyderm /echo\< Enjoy! [/QUOTE] That makes at least as much sense as the original line… ---
**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:** [November 6, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/150 "2007-11-06T16:56:48Z")
Still having trouble procuring an appropriately sized box. Everything at work is either too big or too small. We are having an office supply shipment come in today and I’ve been promised the box. Yay! It should be just the right size. There is some truly [del]god-awful[/del] great stuff going in that box. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/151 "2007-11-06T21:12:19Z")
Mine is heading west tomorrow. It’s very…random, and somewhat Florida-themed. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/152 "2007-11-06T23:24:09Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] The package is in my trunk, the labels are on my desk. As soon as my boss turns around, it’s going to the post office. [/QUOTE] OMG! You’re not going to believe this, but I have 3 other knights in varying sizes to match the one that just showed up today! I’M SO EXCITED!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Although, is it really a White Elephant if I like it so much??? :dubious: (pictures to follow today or tomorrow) ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/153 "2007-11-07T00:17:16Z")
I’m going to call him [hanky](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/purplkid/knight.jpg) because his older brother who is about 6 foot tall is named Henry. AKA the Iron Chef. (You’ll understand more when I take his picture tomorrow.) ---
**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:** [November 7, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/154 "2007-11-07T00:21:51Z")
I got mine today. Thanks, **stretch**! Listing to follow later, but there’s some good stuff in there (including [Schoolhouse Rock Rocks!](http://www.amazon.com/Schoolhouse-Rock-Rocks-Bob-Dorough/dp/B000005J80/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3417484-6050221?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1194394868&sr=8-1)). ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/155 "2007-11-07T00:48:01Z")
Ponderous pachyderm of perplexing provenance shall be sent packing in an easterly direction as of tomorrow morning! (Sorry for the delay, but we had a problematic plumbing predicament that predicated a pause in my postal proceedings.) ---
**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:** [November 7, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/156 "2007-11-07T02:01:37Z")
My pachyderm is packed. He’ll be heading North tomorrow or Thursday. I’ve got a 12 hour shift tomorrow and may not be able to get to the P.O. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/157 "2007-11-07T03:42:25Z")
I got to the post office after it closed yesterday. :o However, the elephant is now on its way to its new home. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/158 "2007-11-07T11:14:02Z")
I sent mine trumpeting last Thursday. I am still waiting to hear that it arrived in one piece. Or several. Damned glass sculptures. ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/159 "2007-11-07T11:18:44Z")
My elephant is currently walking wounded due to a recent international move, but will be dispatched tomorrow or Friday. Sorry to be keeping you waiting, oh elephantee. ---
**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 7, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597/160 "2007-11-07T14:13:21Z")
[QUOTE=Purplkid\_Caterer] I’m going to call him [hanky](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/purplkid/knight.jpg) because his older brother who is about 6 foot tall is named Henry. AKA the Iron Chef. (You’ll understand more when I take his picture tomorrow.) [/QUOTE] Huh…this may not make much sense now, but we’re going to hear a story about a hell of a coincidence in a day or two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-elephant-exchange-2007/423597.md?page=9)