# White Elephant?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 27, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400 "2006-09-27T19:23:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/1 "2006-09-27T19:23:26Z")
Any takers? I’m happy to organize it again if anyone has boxes of crap they want to send to unsuspecting dopers.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/2 "2006-09-27T19:38:51Z")
I’m in. Let me know when you want the e-mail.
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### Author:  [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/3 "2006-09-27T19:59:59Z")
I love white elephant!!!
I didn’t get to play last year, so hell yes I’m in!
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/4 "2006-09-27T20:01:52Z")
In. 🆒
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/5 "2006-09-27T20:06:42Z")
Well, it may mean one or two less prizes for whoever wins the junk mail contest, but sure, sign me up!
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### Author:  [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/6 "2006-09-27T20:08:10Z")
I’m in.
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/7 "2006-09-27T20:18:58Z")
Well OK then.
e-mail me your screen name, IRL name, mailing address and any shipping limitations to the e-mail in my profile.
Lets make the cut off October 15th just because I like that date.
Rules are the same as always:
1. Don’t ship anything illegal or breakable. Immoral is just fine.
2. If you can’t ship something out promptly, let me know.
3. Don’t sign up if you have no intention of sending anything.
4. I won’t post the names of non-shippers, but you’ll get at least 2 snarky e-mails from me.
That’s about it…
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/8 "2006-09-27T20:26:18Z")
Oh - and put White elephant in the subject line. 🙂
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### Author:  [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/9 "2006-09-27T20:45:22Z")
I’m in. Thanks. 🙂
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/10 "2006-09-27T21:18:48Z")
In! I’m a newbie at WE, will I be sending fun and exciting items to one person? Or more than one?
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### Author:  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/11 "2006-09-27T21:32:07Z")
[QUOTE=gigi]
In! I’m a newbie at WE, will I be sending fun and exciting items to one person? Or more than one?
[/QUOTE]
One person, unless you decide to adopt someone Elephantless at the end. (There’s always somone who doesn’t get a box.)
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/12 "2006-09-27T21:41:20Z")
Yeah, I’ll play. Email to follow.
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### Author:  [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/13 "2006-09-27T22:04:38Z")
SQUEEEEEEEE!
I’m in - email sent.
FYI: I have a dog, a cat, and a 5-month-old baby boy.
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### Author:  [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/14 "2006-09-27T23:19:45Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland]
Any takers? I’m happy to organize it again if anyone has boxes of crap they want to send to unsuspecting dopers.
[/QUOTE]
Oh, me, me, me too!!! I’ve got great stuff!
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### Author:  [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/15 "2006-09-28T00:39:30Z")
I’m in too! Loved last year’s!
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/16 "2006-09-28T00:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=Avarie537]
FYI: I have a dog, a cat, and a 5-month-old baby boy.
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If you’re sending them, _please_ don’t send me the baby. I’ll take the dog.
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/17 "2006-09-28T04:38:57Z")
E-mail sent. Where’s that broom and dust pan? 😃
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### Author:  [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2006, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/18 "2006-09-28T07:32:28Z")
Worried newbie here who doesn’t know quite what to make of this thread, but is intrigued, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Could anyone give me an idea of what sort of stuff this has previously involved?
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### Author:  [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2006, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/19 "2006-09-28T10:29:56Z")
I’m _so_ in! Already sent an e-mail.
**Dervorin** , [here’s last year’s thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=332556). If you page towards the end, you’ll see lots of examples of what was sent. The important part is to tell **alice** where you can send a package to so that she knows who is willing to send internationally when she’s making assignments.
GT
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/20 "2006-09-28T10:35:51Z")
I don’t know if it’s possible to describe or categorize stuff involved. Just anything you’ve got around the house that you don’t want/need/recognize and you’re willing to box up and send to a stranger, bearing in mind that you will receive a box containing similar unwanted/unneeded/unrecognized stuff from another stranger.
Sometimes it might be useful or fun or just plain weird. For example, I’ve got a wristwatch that features Cartman from South Park - what a treasure that is!! 😃 As for things I’ve sent - I can’t recall specifics but the boxes would have included odds and ends from my junk drawer, and sometimes things I received from previous WE exchanges.
I’m not sure what-all I’ll be sending this time, but I’m pretty sure there’ll be a ceramic item in there…
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