# White Elephant? **URL:** \ **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:** 5
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/81 "2006-10-02T13:21:42Z")
[QUOTE=PapSett] I’m in too! Loved last year’s! [/QUOTE] Ahem, I played this last year and now my room mate thinks **Papsett** is my on-line GF!! Imagine that **Papsett** , you have a BF in Texas and didn’t even know it! I’m not gonna play this year tho’. I just move and got rid of all of my throw away crap. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/82 "2006-10-02T17:45:10Z")
Anaamika Anastasaeon Anyrose Avarie537 BrattiAtti Chaoticbear Corporate Hippie dafisheroo Dasgupta Draelin Edward the Head FairyChatMom Garden Traveller Geobabe gigi Hal Briston Jahdra jayjay Jess melondeca mlerose Mr. Bus Guy Nava OneCentStamp PapSett Phall0106 picunurse rocking chair Shirley Ujest Squeaker Snow StarvingButStrong Sunstone Surok Susie Derkins The Punkyova thetruewheel Tristan If your name isn’t here, I don’t have an e-mail yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/83 "2006-10-02T19:04:06Z")
Ok, I’m in I’ve got some great stuff to send, but I want something back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/84 "2006-10-02T21:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] You are such a tease! [/QUOTE] But, no jam this time around. We had such a hot summer, the blackberries ripened before I could get to them, and I’m allergic to the blueberries after last year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/85 "2006-10-02T21:37:34Z")
**Alice** , in addition to my willingness to be a double elephanter, I’m also willing to ship overseas. Ideally, if I do that, I’d also like to be the _recipient_ of an overseas WE. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/86 "2006-10-02T21:43:40Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] **Alice** , in addition to my willingness to be a double elephanter, I’m also willing to ship overseas. Ideally, if I do that, I’d also like to be the _recipient_ of an overseas WE. [/QUOTE] This is totally possible… BUT!!! Overseas shipments take a LONG time to get anywhere. If I agree that people are shiping between Russia, and Spain and the UK and the US, no bitching if packages take a long time to arrive - **RIGHT**???!!!??? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/87 "2006-10-02T22:05:53Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] This is totally possible… BUT!!! Overseas shipments take a LONG time to get anywhere. If I agree that people are shiping between Russia, and Spain and the UK and the US, no bitching if packages take a long time to arrive - **RIGHT**???!!!??? [/QUOTE] I’m not requesting an overseas Doper, just saying I’m available if needed. And I reserve the right to bich for any or no reason at all. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 2, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/88 "2006-10-02T22:24:19Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] And I reserve the right to bich for any or no reason at all. 😉 [/QUOTE] Ahem - **I** am the only one allowed to bitch with impunity. God I love my new signature - can you tell? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/89 "2006-10-03T02:51:04Z")
Man, can I sign up to ship overseas too? My [del]crap[/del] gifts would be so beautiful to someone outside the US. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/90 "2006-10-03T10:43:15Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] This is totally possible… BUT!!! Overseas shipments take a LONG time to get anywhere. If I agree that people are shiping between Russia, and Spain and the UK and the US, no bitching if packages take a long time to arrive - **RIGHT**???!!!??? [/QUOTE] Hey honey, since I’m not going to be moving to the US just so my Elephant can get here faster, I’ll wait for as long as he takes to swim the pond! ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/91 "2006-10-03T11:03:02Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] Hey honey, since I’m not going to be moving to the US just so my Elephant can get here faster, I’ll wait for as long as he takes to swim the pond! [/QUOTE] Same here! And hey, sometimes elephants can swim _fast_! Course, sometimes they take so long that you think they’ve drowned. But I’ve only had a couple of elephant type parcels disappear totally. So the signs are good that some innocent Doper, someplace, sometime, will receive a brown paper package of Russian postal goodness! ---
**Author:** ![Snowcarpet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowcarpet/32/257_2.png) [@Snowcarpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowcarpet)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/92 "2006-10-03T13:39:10Z")
**alice\_in\_wonderland,** I sent e-mail, but it hasn’t made it, I guess. Could be the domain name getting pegged as spam. I’ll try again with a very odd address from work. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/93 "2006-10-03T19:20:03Z")
[QUOTE=Snowcarpet] **alice\_in\_wonderland,** I sent e-mail, but it hasn’t made it, I guess. Could be the domain name getting pegged as spam. I’ll try again with a very odd address from work. [/QUOTE] **Snowcarpet** - it just arrived today - you’re on the list! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/94 "2006-10-03T21:11:21Z")
I’m giddy, and my wife is confused. I told her we would be gathering up a box of cr… uh… stuff to send to a random stranger. Yay! She says. Then I tell her we’re going to ge a box of cra… uh… stuff from another random stranger. ??? She says. Heheheh… ---
**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:** [October 4, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/95 "2006-10-04T01:17:08Z")
**Ryan\_Liam** , my juicy little tomato, there was no address in your e-mail. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Twinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Twinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twinkie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/96 "2006-10-05T11:43:16Z")
This sounds like fun! I want to play, too. An email is on its way, but here’s my standard disclaimer – please check the subject line before deleting your spam. My name looks like a spammer name. I don’t mind sending overseas, either. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/97 "2006-10-06T17:30:41Z")
The list so far: Anaamika Anastasaeon Anyrose Avarie537 BrattiAtti Chaoticbear Corporate Hippie dafisheroo Dasgupta Draelin Edward the Head FairyChatMom Garden Traveller Geobabe gigi Hal Briston Jahdra Jayjay Jess melondeca mlerose Mr. Bus Guy Nava OneCentStamp PapSett Phall0106 picunurse rocking chair Shirley Ujest Snowcarpet Squeaker Snow StarvingButStrong stretch Sunstone Surok Susie Derkins The Punkyova thetruewheel Tristan Twinkie Yllaria If your name isn’t here, I don’t have an e-mail or I don’t have your address **Ryan\_Liam**. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/98 "2006-10-06T18:34:07Z")
Anybody else gleefully filling their WE box already? I’ve had great fun poking around in all the rooms of my house to find great stuff to send off. Amazingly, so far, it’s all new, unused stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/99 "2006-10-07T01:23:26Z")
[QUOTE=Avarie537] Anybody else gleefully filling their WE box already? I’ve had great fun poking around in all the rooms of my house to find great stuff to send off. Amazingly, so far, it’s all new, unused stuff! [/QUOTE] Man, I want **your** box! Actually, mine’ll probably have some new stuff in it too, because I keep buying things – CDs, DVDs, etc. – without keeping track of what’s already in my collection. :smack: ---
**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:** [October 12, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/100 "2006-10-12T17:41:52Z")
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