# White Elephant, 2008... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001 "2008-07-28T23:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/21 "2008-07-30T09:54:07Z")
Email sent! ---
**Author:** ![frog\_princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6bbea6/32.png) [@frog\_princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frog_princess)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/22 "2008-07-30T13:19:56Z")
I’m in. Email sent. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/23 "2008-07-30T17:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=Susie Derkins] I’m in! My address has changed, though, so don’t send your junk to me. 🙂 Last year I got a haunted painting…maybe it’s time to pass it on. [/QUOTE] How could you possibly want to give that up? ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/24 "2008-07-30T17:52:43Z")
oh heck, I just moved and have to clean out some of my stuff… lots of stuff. count me in ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/25 "2008-07-30T18:01:14Z")
Hmm. I don’t have any junk, but I’d be willing to pass on some treasures… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/26 "2008-07-30T18:06:22Z")
email sent ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/27 "2008-08-03T01:42:16Z")
bump-ity bump bump ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/28 "2008-08-03T02:00:36Z")
I’m in, e-mail sent. Time to go “shopping” in my closets. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/29 "2008-08-03T02:30:50Z")
Ok I’ll join. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/30 "2008-08-03T02:49:58Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] How could you possibly want to give that up? [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure it comes out at night to scare my cat and write in the wrong words on my crossword puzzles. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/31 "2008-08-03T03:03:29Z")
Hell. I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/32 "2008-08-03T03:18:37Z")
Excellent! Once I have a moment I’ll post a list of people I have e-mails or PMs from - some of you who have posted in this thread as wanting to participate haven’t sent me a message yet (I checked my junk folder, just in case). ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/33 "2008-08-03T03:33:06Z")
Ok - here’s the list so far. Sorry for any capitalization errors - MS Word is a piece of monkey doo. Alice in Wonderland Antigen Avarie537 BiblioCat Fiveroptic frog princess gardentraveler Hockey Monkey jackdavinci jayjay Marjorie Melodyharmonius picunurse Pixilated rockingchair silenus SomeUserName supervenusfreak Susie Derkins vetbridge Wile e Zebra Based on the responses so far, I might just do a random number generation to determine who ships to whom - in the past I’ve tried to arrange people so they’re not shipping over too many states, but I think it might not actually make a difference - is that true? Ooops! I forgot to add - if your name isn’t up there I don’t have a message from you yet. Please send one off and I’ll add you in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/34 "2008-08-03T03:36:33Z")
So, to sum up I don’t have a message from **FourPaws** or **An Gadai** - if either of you guys are keen, send me a PM or an e-mail (both are enabled in my profile). ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/35 "2008-08-03T03:44:50Z")
I’ll join this year. Sending email now. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/36 "2008-08-03T04:11:31Z")
Sent you a PM… Thanks for arranging this again. I always seem to forget to sign up, but not this year. This year someone else is going to be getting all this crap **ahem** wonderful stuff that I purchased specially in anticipation of this event. ---
**Author:** ![chuks54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@chuks54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chuks54)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/37 "2008-08-03T05:08:10Z")
I’m in. I just sent you an email. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/38 "2008-08-03T14:30:35Z")
Be careful. **chuks** might send you one of her in-laws. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/39 "2008-08-03T14:52:29Z")
I am still using some of the stuff that I got last year on a regular basis, I am definitely in. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001/40 "2008-08-03T17:37:32Z")
I’m in - sent you an e-mail. I have all sorts of goodies to send out. I used to own a toy store and have all sorts of who-knows-what still hanging around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant-2008/458001.md?page=3)