For anyone who's ever done presentations.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
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.
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.
Liese S. - Nov 30, 2007 11:03:21 am PST #4800 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm anti-white elephant, but when forced into it end up doing this crazy psychological dance where I try to take away a gift that I think the receivee didn't like but was too polite to say so about. Not, you know, one that I want.
The moral of this is that if you are in a white elephant with me, don't be too opaque about your reaction.
Liese S. - Nov 30, 2007 11:05:14 am PST #4801 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The best white elephant variant was when my friend called me up at the spur of the moment and invited me to her group's holiday party that evening (in, like, two hours). Therefore I neither brought cookies for the cookie exchange nor ornaments for the ornament exchange, but they had extras, so I ended up with delicious cookies and a completely gorgeous handmade ornament, but for free!
bon bon - Nov 30, 2007 11:07:27 am PST #4802 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I've never done white elephant, and it sounds like a lot of fun.
SuziQ - Nov 30, 2007 11:07:33 am PST #4803 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
DH's office does the white elephant thing - but the gift of choice seems to be alcohol of one sort or another.
Now that is an exchange I could support.
Trudy Booth - Nov 30, 2007 11:08:10 am PST #4804 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My extended family is enourmous. After my Grandparents passed away we started a tradition where we have a big party every Christmas but not on Christmas. It includes a Yankee Swap and the little kids still get presents of their own. It is SO much fun. We always have a theme (fun and games, go to your histoical society, anything but golf) There is this giant platter with a Rooster on it that has reappeared several times.
Cashmere - Nov 30, 2007 11:08:28 am PST #4805 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
but the gift of choice seems to be alcohol of one sort or another.
Heh. Those were the gifts that were most highly prized at my old job, too.