# 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:** 6
**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 12, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/101 "2006-10-12T19:29:47Z")
Yay!!! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/102 "2006-10-12T19:47:18Z")
I should probably start getting some stuff together, not that it’ll be hard to fill a box. I think I’ll get it all packed up this weekend, and as soon as I get my name, I’ll slap a label on it and get it to the post office. Wonder how much dog hair I can gather??? 😃 ---
**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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/103 "2006-10-12T19:52:24Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] Wonder how much dog hair I can gather??? 😃 [/QUOTE] Unless you’re gonna knit it into some socks or something, that’s not really cool… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/104 "2006-10-12T19:57:59Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Unless you’re gonna knit it into some socks or something, that’s not really cool… 😉 [/QUOTE] Ewww, ewww, and double eww. Dog hair socks?!? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/105 "2006-10-12T20:05:53Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Ewww, ewww, and double eww. Dog hair socks?!? 😛 [/QUOTE] oh, but they’d be so soft! especially if you wove in some kitty fur too 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/106 "2006-10-12T20:25:13Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] oh, but they’d be so soft! especially if you wove in some kitty fur too 😃 [/QUOTE] Great, now they smell musty _and_ make people sneeze. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/107 "2006-10-12T20:38:42Z")
OK, don’t nobody panic. I promise the dog hair should all pretty much wind up in the vacuum cleaner, and I’m not sending that to anyone. But I can’t help it if a stray black hair gets stuck in the packing tape… ---
**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 13, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/108 "2006-10-13T03:58:11Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Ewww, ewww, and double eww. Dog hair socks?!? 😛 [/QUOTE] My grandmother used to know a woman who would take all the dog fur that my grandma got when she brushed her long haired collie dogs and used it to make sweaters. She washed it first and I guess they were really soft and warm. No, I don’t have a dog hair sweater, and even if I did, I wouldn’t send it to anyone in a white elephant package. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/109 "2006-10-13T14:23:55Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] No, I don’t have a dog hair sweater, and even if I did, I wouldn’t send it to anyone in a white elephant package. [/QUOTE] Well shoot - that would’ve made me sign up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/110 "2006-10-14T03:07:51Z")
Just two days 'til we get addresses. I’m so excited. ---
**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 14, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/111 "2006-10-14T17:57:55Z")
Tick tock. Tick tock. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/112 "2006-10-14T21:11:54Z")
My box is packed and ready to go once I have a recipient. No cat hair included, at least not deliberately. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/113 "2006-10-16T15:35:28Z")
Just reporting that I haven’t received a recipient address yet. Today’s the day, right? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/114 "2006-10-16T15:46:22Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] OK, don’t nobody panic. I promise the dog hair should all pretty much wind up in the vacuum cleaner, and I’m not sending that to anyone. But I can’t help it if a stray black hair gets stuck in the packing tape… [/QUOTE] Oh, c’mon, I could use a vacuum cleaner! _checks her mailbox again_ ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/115 "2006-10-16T17:25:11Z")
No address(es) here either. Has anyone gotten one? ---
**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 16, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/116 "2006-10-16T18:09:49Z")
Christ on a Cracker you people are impatient… 😃 Here is the final list: Anaamika Anastasaeon Anyrose Avarie537 BrattiAtti Chaoticbear Corporate Hippie dafisheroo Dasgupta Draelin Edward the Head FairyChatMom Garden Traveller Geobabe gigi Gozu Tashoya Hal Briston Jahdra Jayjay Jess melondeca mlerose Mr. Bus Guy Nava OneCentStamp PapSett Phall0106 picunurse rocking chair Ryan\_Liam Shirley Ujest Snowcarpet Squeaker Snow StarvingButStrong stretch Sunstone Surok Susie Derkins The Punkyova thetruewheel Tristan Twinkie Yllaria Sometime today you should all get an address. Most likely tonight when I get home from work which wont be until about 10:00PM Mountain Sun Time, so don’t even think about looking before then… rakin’, frakin’, bloody enthusiastic elephanters, don’t even give a girl a chance to make a frikin’ list…😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/117 "2006-10-16T18:16:13Z")
[whine] Heyyyyy guys, I still don’t have my name… [/whine] 😉 ---
**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 16, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/118 "2006-10-16T19:18:50Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] [whine] Heyyyyy guys, I still don’t have my name… [/whine] 😉 [/QUOTE] You remember that I know where you live, right? ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/119 "2006-10-16T19:31:07Z")
I don’t have a name either. Oh. I guess I have to check my mail to find out who my elephant is. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400/120 "2006-10-16T20:08:38Z")
Today’s the day!!! I just want to take this opportunity to brag about how swell my box is going to be. You guys should all be hoping and praying that I get your name! That is all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-elephant/374400.md?page=7)