# Who Is Still On The Couch? (White Elephant Related) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712 "2001-10-16T13:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/1 "2001-10-16T13:41:24Z")
So? Who’s still there? The butter tarts only last so long. I know, I could check out the old threads and do a little of my own legwork. But what do I look like, a cheap P.I.? I don’t get paid by the hour (plus expenses). And think of the tax to the server. There could be some out of state fees too. It’s just not worth it. (To me anyway, _I_ got _my_ package-derm. My mahout loves _me_.) Something might come from this, but this is me, so probably not. You might be able to guilt your Elephanteer into getting their caboose in gear if your plea is pitiful enough. Probably not, but you can try. -Rue. (who’s curious) (and interested, too) ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/2 "2001-10-16T13:54:28Z")
O! sluggard Elephanteer, 'Pon my cheek there is a tear. Get your caboose in gear, And get my package-derm here! Thank you. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/3 "2001-10-16T13:56:54Z")
I do not have any crap. I am very sad. Dumb White Elephant Exchange. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/4 "2001-10-16T15:41:03Z")
I’ve been sitting on the couch so long I think I’ll rip my skin off if I get up. ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/5 "2001-10-16T15:56:40Z")
_wipes the cobwebs off_ Did someone say something about elephants? _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/6 "2001-10-16T16:09:23Z")
Yeah, I’m here too. I haven’t made much noise, but I figured you’d start feeding me butter tarts, and frankly, those things go straight to my thighs (much like everything else I eat). But yeah, I’m waiting. I did get an e-mail about three weeks ago from Pammipoo, apologizing for not getting the elephant on its way before, but that she was going to the post office the next day to send it. It’s still not here, and I’m starting to worry she only paid enough postage for a swimsuit for the poor elephant, and that it’s now somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic, frantically paddling towards Sweden. ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Gamelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d07c76/32.png) [@Gamelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamelan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/7 "2001-10-16T16:31:22Z")
I am still waiting… waiting… waiting… The only thing that really sucks is that I shipped my shit half way around the world (Australia) and didn’t get jack in return (except a very nice thank you from TheLoadedDog). Not to sound like a scrooge, but it was kinda expensive to ship. Not that I minded, I wouldn’t have done it if I had, but to be left cold janked and on the couch is kinda disappointing ☹ . ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/8 "2001-10-16T16:40:46Z")
[sub]I still have mine in the back seat of my car waiting to go to the post office[/sub] But it’s okay! Well, sort of, since my recipient isn’t one of the above complainants. Every time I get into my car I think to myself, “I really should drop that off at the post office and stop feeling guilty, already.” Apparently I’m a sucker for feeling guilty. I’ll mail it this week, PROMISE. ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/9 "2001-10-16T16:49:49Z")
I’m on the couch. I ate half the butter tarts, I drank all the hot buttered rum, I sang a verse of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”, and I got nuthin’. Not a box, not an e-mail, not a peep. Every day I run home… to a sad, empty mailbox. I’m beginning to think I’ve been dissed. ::self-pitying sniffle:: ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/10 "2001-10-16T16:55:08Z")
I still haven’t received a pale pachy either, _nor_ even an email about the delay :(. Hmm, wonder who **Ino** is referring to ;). Well, a girl can wish, can’t she, 'specially while she’s sitting here putting on pounds. Hand over another one of those butter tarts, please. [sub]Oh and _thanks_ **seawitch** for drinking all the rum :p.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/11 "2001-10-16T16:59:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soda \* > \*\*Yeah, I’m here too. I haven’t made much noise, but I figured you’d start feeding me butter tarts, and frankly, those things go straight to my thighs (much like everything else I eat). > > But yeah, I’m waiting. I did get an e-mail about three weeks ago from Pammipoo, apologizing for not getting the elephant on its way before, but that she was going to the post office the next day to send it. > > It’s still not here, and I’m starting to worry she only paid enough postage for a swimsuit for the poor elephant, and that it’s now somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic, frantically paddling towards Sweden. > > ::sigh:: \*\* I actually did consider making the thing swim to you…the postage on that damn thing was out the roof! But the post office guy talked me out of the boat method, that would get him to you in a good 3 months. So I paid the $36 shipping, and he said it _should_ be there in 2-3 weeks by plane. But with all the crap happening with the planes right now, and all the crap happening with the mail, it’s jinxed. Not to mention my post office notoriously sucks. If they return this package like they did the last thing I sent, I’m gonna close my eyes and throw it…it’ll prolly get closer to Sweden than any other method… I’m so sorry you’re stuck on the couch Soda… ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/12 "2001-10-16T17:02:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dobbinaire \* > [sub]Oh and _thanks_ **seawitch** for drinking all the rum :p.[/sub] We still have scotch. Soon we’ll be forced to start on the vodka, then the gin. When we make it all the way down to retsina, time to give up and go home. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/13 "2001-10-16T17:07:45Z")
Elephantless. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/14 "2001-10-16T17:23:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pammipoo \* > \*\*I actually did consider making the thing swim to you…the postage on that damn thing was out the roof! But the post office guy talked me out of the boat method, that would get him to you in a good 3 months. So I paid the $36 shipping, and he said it _should_ be there in 2-3 weeks by plane. But with all the crap happening with the planes right now, and all the crap happening with the mail, it’s jinxed. Not to mention my post office notoriously sucks. If they return this package like they did the last thing I sent, I’m gonna close my eyes and throw it…it’ll prolly get closer to Sweden than any other method… > \*\* The postage for my worthless junk to go to Scotland was only $28. Which I figure is about 5 times what the contents were worth! 😃 ---
**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, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/15 "2001-10-16T17:50:33Z")
Yep, yep, yep. My ass is becoming decidedly butter-tart shaped. Well, soon I hope - apparently it was posted, but that was the middle of September, I think. \ ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/16 "2001-10-16T18:10:54Z")
Anyone want to help me do my dishes while we’re all here? [sup]Gosh, an email would be nice, wouldn’t it. Just a little email, telling me that happiness has been delayed for some reason, or that the post office must have misplaced it because it should be here…[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/17 "2001-10-16T19:34:12Z")
Here I sit broken-hearted Got no crap, only butter-tarted (Hey, give me a break. I used my haiku in the last thread) ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/18 "2001-10-16T19:35:09Z")
Well I was sitting on Cheffy’s lap until he stood up and dumped me on the floor when his elephant arrived. I made some brownies, now Mr. DeDay’s looks good I think I’ll try it out. (BTW I remailed my person’s elephant last week I was given the wrong address at first and it came back.) ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/19 "2001-10-16T19:51:10Z")
> [@](#): > > My mahout loves me. **Rue** , I had to check out [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) because I didn’t know what the heck this meant. And I needed to make sure you weren’t subtly calling me a rude name. Did you know of this word pre-White Elephant? I am tres impressed with your worldly knowledge. –your mahout what a hoot! ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712/20 "2001-10-16T19:57:49Z")
I meant Mr. DeDay’s lap looks good. Just wanted to clear that up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-still-on-the-couch-white-elephant-related/87712.md?page=2)