Allyson, how can you possibly be a big loser? And if you are, what kind of slime-off-the-bottom-of-the-pond scum are the rest of us?
Inara: You don't have to die alone. Mal: Everybody dies alone.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Nov 30, 2007 10:45:42 am PST #4790 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Emily - Nov 30, 2007 10:46:30 am PST #4791 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
And if you are, what kind of slime-off-the-bottom-of-the-pond scum are the rest of us?
WORD.
sarameg - Nov 30, 2007 10:48:42 am PST #4792 of 10001
Our white elephant gifts one year were so hysterically bad that the most covetted item was a 6 pack of generic athletic socks. It was a small sarcastic group. The fun was in trying to offload whatever horrible thing you received. And rag on the person who brought that item.
Dana - Nov 30, 2007 10:49:11 am PST #4793 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't like white elephant exchanges for that same reason. I don't usually have the heart to take things away from people.
The Office also did a painfully good episode about Christmas gift exchanges. They get a lot of things right on that show.
Emily - Nov 30, 2007 10:50:04 am PST #4794 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
The fun was in trying to offload whatever horrible thing you received.
See, now, I totally get that. I went to one of those, and got something totally random and ridiculous, and it's fine. It just sucks when there are some kind of cool or useful things, and you get... paper.
flea - Nov 30, 2007 10:50:23 am PST #4795 of 10001
information libertarian
I once was at a white elephant gifty thing where one of the items was a Penthouse Forum. (This was a long time ago, before most of us had the internet for porn.)
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2007 10:50:57 am PST #4796 of 10001
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shrift - Nov 30, 2007 10:51:45 am PST #4797 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And if you are, what kind of slime-off-the-bottom-of-the-pond scum are the rest of us?
Yeah, dude. I don't have a book OR a cat, let alone a frickin' man and some root.
msbelle - Nov 30, 2007 10:52:21 am PST #4798 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
giant ceramic ram's head - best White Elephant gift ever.
I like the idea of WE at parties, but it needs to be clear you are either ALL doing joke or ALL doing inexpensive but not crap gifts - ALSO if it is a joke one - trashing the gift right at the party should be clearly stated as ok.
Cashmere - Nov 30, 2007 10:59:52 am PST #4799 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
We always had a really fun time with the White Elephant gift exchange. There was always something odd and funny and made us all laugh hysterically, even if we couldn't end up with it. We weren't mean spirited about it and there were never any hard feelings. Except for the time I got screwed out of the Teacup of Destiny.