I sent mine out Monday the 5th and have yet to hear word… I hope it’s not circling the moon or something equally horrible.
A quick quiet knock on my front door announced the arrival of the white elephant from HockeyMonkey! Yay! Lots of great stuff too…
a cosmetics bag…going to my sister!
frisbees and a beach ball…those are mine for poolside fun!
a hootie and the blowfish poncho…mine too! I’ll keep it in the car for emergencies.
a can koozie…cans to be koozied!
various toys and action figures…will be added to the menagerie here.
keychains…ditto!
handcrafted wooden egg bunnies…my MIL collects bunnies. I can see them heading her way.
mugs and bottles…always good to have.
silver necklace…to sis again.
spongebob glitter pen…already claimed by my brother. He likes spongebob stuff.
magnets…fridge!
man bites dog card game…I sense something to bring to a Gettydope!
AV cable…going in my cable stuff box. You never know.
Tweety Bird air freshener…car! bedroom! The possibilities are endless with that one.
candle holder of questionable taste…going on an endtable somewhere for now.
and…a new bottle of BACON SALT! 
. You really didn’t have to, but thank you! We love the stuff!
The target was acquired at my Mom’s house this past weekend. A trip has been made to Radio Shack for a few minor do-dads. Functional testing will take place this evening, and my elephant will be sent East tomorrow, with either the primary component or an alternate, depending on whether functional testing is passed or failed.
Muahahaha…
No elephant has arrived yet at my house, in Vandergrift, PA, but I don’t feel to badly, as I haven’t sent out my elephant. hehehe…
Possibly tomorrow, if I can get out the door early enough before my job interview, but if not, then Wednesday for sure. I had to keep looking for stuff, as I felt I hadn’t picked anything good enough for “display”. I have found it, and it rocks.
So to speak.
Yep, the calendar thingy is the display item…
The reindeer antenna ball is Jack in the Box fast food holiday swag- you don’t have those there in MN, right?
The Mardi Gras beads are from a casino in downtown Las Vegas.
Whew, everything made it intact then? The Bacon Salt is the apology for the hideousness of the Elephant. Plus I love the stuff and endeavor to spread the Bacon Gospel. I hope the Hootie poncho isn’t dry rotted or anything. I got it the year Musical Chairs came out…was that 1996? :eek:
Little did you know you were missionizing the converted…he saw the Bacon Salt and the only thing I heard for the next 30 seconds was a really high-pitched “Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
Picture, if you will, the above-described sound coming out of a 6’2", 280ish-pound man…
Tristan, I don’t feel so bad now, because my elephant hasn’t gone out either. It is finally packed, though, and WILL go in the mail tomorrow, and I hope my elephantee will find it worth the wait.
I received from** TheMerchandise**…
A pig lighter that shoots flames out its nose when you push on his hat. Unfortunately, **TheM **says he doesn’t know how to refill it, but I am determined to solve the mystery, since I work for an ag school and will be the envy of everyone if I have a flame-shooting pig in my office.
A clock that sounds foghorns on the hour. I have experienced a couple of other “sounds on the hour” clocks, and I’m sure this one is every bit as euphonious as they.
An Elizabeth: The Golden Age lapel pin with a most unflattering photo of Cate Blanchett
A stunning gold crown – with a matching wand! It’s good to be the queen.
A CD of** TheM ** DJ-ing a podcast
A highlighter with a fuzzy head. That one’s going to the office for sure.
A beaded purse. Very pretty! Would make a great evening bag, if I ever went anywhere…
Chicken notecard – What’s not to like?
NYU “Commencement” ball cap. I’m intrigued by this. Did this cap have a commencement-related purpose? (TheM…funny thing is, I HAVE a BFA! Didn’t spend no $120K for it, though.)
Great stuff, TheM! Thanks!
Thanks for the info on the stuff. I knew what the bait box was before even getting it out of the box. My Grandpa used to have a worm farm, god only knows why, but he had a bunch of these bait boxes. I don’t think I’ve seen one of these in 15 years! I thought the shoes certainly looked unique, they’re even cooler now knowing their history. I haven’t figured out where to display them yet, but they will defintely like their new home. Thanks again for everything!
You are E-V-I-L! No more of it for you!
Everything looks great Hockey Monkey! Even without the bacony goodness, definitely no suckage here!
It mostly works! w00t! And it shall be on the way first thing in the morning.
Do I ever get to know who sent me my heaping box of squirrelly goodness?
You scared the crap out of me!
FedEx re-attempted delivery, something they said they wouldn’t do and when I got home just now there was a box in front of my door.
Who could this be from? Can’t be my elephant because FedEx is holding it. I’ll just look see where it is from…AAAAAAHHHHHH It is from a fairly famous LAW FIRM!!! A LAW FRIM HAS FEDEXED A BOX TO ME! This can’t be good.
Then I noticed the note saying this was the second deliery.
So I open the box to find…
Some BS 'Guided Imagery" CD that will cure my headaches. Ummm I have Advil. Thanks.
Two ‘placemats’ with photos of the earth. one all day time the other all night.
Two books. Renaissance Faire adn The Steerswoman. Hummm… Someone likes medival fantasy, or not.
And an And. or actually an &. An aluminum ampersand. Pretty cool
and something in bubble wrap. I open it up and find a really cool carved figure of a ‘Asian’ hero battling a dragon. It’s really cool. Some minor damge but I’ll fix that.
That’s really cool. I love it.
Oh, it’s ok there wasn’t a pair for hubby. He hates them! He’s tried to take them away from me to give to the kitties.
Speaking of the kitties, I had to hide the pillows from them. :rolleyes:
ups said my elephant arrived last thursday and that they left it on the porch. if you haven’t gotten your elephant check your porch!! if you live in indiana…
Nope … just a whole bunch of stuff I’ve got a ton of. Don’t you just love the squirrel salt-n-pepper shakers?! (That’s my mom’s idea of home decor, for you!)
It arrived just in time for me to dash out the door to an appointment, and I haven’t taken the time to sit down and thank you for it.
I didn’t find detailed list, nor did I make one, but I can recall …
-three stuffed toys - a Canadian Mountie-looking Scooby Doo, a pastel sea horse, and a rabbit, all of which my 18-month-old promptly absconded with
-many picture frames and photo albums
-a lovely straw Etienne Aigner purse with a leather handle, containing various and sundry small items, including a three-strand necklace (also stolen by my son), goose salt-n-pepper shakers, a Happy Feet penguin, and a small black tassel
-a purse-sized black umbrella
-a Star Wars Collectable digital watch
-four woven paper plate holders (the boy loves to stack these)
-a cream and blue stoneware-patterned Pyrex bowl
Do with it as you wish. I sure wasn’t going to keep it!
Squeeeeeee! I got my Elephant this morning!
Hockey stuff:
St Louis Blues jersey!
New Jersey Devils autographed puck!
St Louis Blues puck!
Steve Yzerman 1996 Card
Alexandre Daigle 1994 Card
Wayne Gretzky’s Autograph!!!
Beckett Hockey Collector magazine - The Goalie Issue
All way cool and many many thanks!
Non Hockey stuff:
Ball cap with what looks like a lady holding a loaf of bread
a 2006 desk calendar
Tom Robbins book - Jitterbug Perfume
2 Fairmont park golf pencils
Brain Bender puzzle
Bop-It keychain
Yo-Yo
Tiny Tiny Flashlight
paper rolls for quarters and dimes…how did you know how I spend New Year’s? :dubious:
a purple cell phone Speedo
book of matches
an RCA digital command center (remote control) for both TV and VCR
a notepad with not all of the pages used yet
Motorola digital wireless telephone user’s guide
an old towel
and my favorite of the non hockey stuff - crime scene tape!
Thanks!
And since I missed the edit window … there was also a bag of candy corn, which my husband snatched away, practically before the box was all the way open.
Thanks again, rockingchair!
Dang, I got interrupted and hit send too soon.
Thanks ThisSpaceForRent! for all the cool items, and some that are very deserving of their White Elephant status.