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BradlyL t1_j0xpem5 wrote

What’s inside?

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Pliplonplick t1_j0xr2mw wrote

Various small punglers

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-B0B- t1_j0xuzfb wrote

And inside the plunger wrapping, a very small toilet

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twdvermont t1_j0z1zrb wrote

Next time I clog the toilet, I'm texting my wife "Bring me the pungler"

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LoraxVW t1_j10qs8n wrote

Small punglers are the best kind of punglers.

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Finance_Plus t1_j11ciqa wrote

It's not the size that matters but the way you use it

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Zombiewax t1_j11ps9x wrote

Pungler! This is my new favourite word.

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LeftClique OP t1_j0z6u8t wrote

Inside the toilet was a cute cat coffee cup and a box of hot chocolate mix & inside the plunger was a fun wine/bottle opener that looked like a bat (the wings opened during use of the corkscrew) with some lottery scratch offs! In hindsight, it would have been cool if the inside would have aligned with the shape - there’s always next year!

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Profesor_Gato t1_j0zbglu wrote

You my friend, are an expert wrapper. Teach me your ways

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LeftClique OP t1_j0zk4bo wrote

Thank you! From your name it seems like you should be teaching me!

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Nemesis_Ghost t1_j105fkc wrote

IDK, I feel as though they probably just know how to knock things off of tables/shelves, torture small rodents, how to properly use litter(ie get it all over the place), and show people their butt hole. Not sure any of that is actually useful for productive humans.

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Its-time-to-STOP-NOW t1_j10t0vy wrote

Well, it could be useful for some actor, if you know what I mean (the last one specifically)

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SamsRhubarbe t1_j0zqcgx wrote

Theirs two type of people

  • Those who do this
  • Those who struggle to wrap a square box
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Angreek t1_j0ye2d4 wrote

White elephant gifts?

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Hi_Im_mikkos t1_j0yhz7v wrote

I think it’s like a gift exchange where you pick a gift and decide to exchange it with another person or keep it but I could be wrong

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APRForReddit t1_j0yryqc wrote

It’s a gift exchange where the gifts are intentionally bad. Like imagine buying someone one of those inflatable arm tube men

Example: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nV9ObQmYOhg&feature=shares

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Abadatha t1_j0z19x9 wrote

Are you trying to say that a Wacky Waving Arm Flailing Inflatable Tube Man is a bad gift?!

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dovahkiitten16 t1_j0yum0e wrote

Is there a word for it when the gifts are good? My family does a “white elephant” but the gifts are supposed to be good.

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KikisGamingService t1_j0yv0xk wrote

That's just gifts

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dovahkiitten16 t1_j0z02hz wrote

But the idea of swapping gifts around is unique. White Elephant is also a game.

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chrissesky13 t1_j0z15i7 wrote

Idk what they're talking about the gifts needing to be bad. My friend group and now my work group are doing a white elephant. We had a $50 limit in our friend group. There were nice bottles of whiskey/scotch, a really cool back massager that works at home or in your car, a karaoke speaker and microphone, a giant button activated wearable Optimus Prime helmet, lotions and body wash stuff from bed bath and beyond, a Switch game. Sure some of them are silly but they're not bad gifts. The massager is legit!! We all laughed at the helmet and then took turns trying it on.

The last family Christmas I attended at my husband's we played white elephant and those fucks had tablets in the mix. They were like Amazon fire tablets but still new and free to whoever stole em.

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Igor_J t1_j0z3tt5 wrote

My office does a white elephant swap and the gifts are typically decent and/or funny. Many of the gifts got "stolen".

The alternative was Secret Santa which imo is terrible because do you really know your coworkers and their interests? What if you draw the bosses name?

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APRForReddit t1_j0z3tzt wrote

That’s cool. But it’s not a white elephant.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant_gift_exchange

“A white elephant gift exchange,[1] Yankee swap[2] or Dirty Santa[3][nb 1] is a party game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged during festivities. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to gain a genuinely valuable or highly sought-after item.”

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dovahkiitten16 t1_j0zadb9 wrote

If you scroll down to the rules part you’ll see where the idea is that gifts can be swapped around and/or stolen. I would argue that the game part of it is what sets White Elephant apart from a traditional gift exchange or Secret Santa more than the quality of the gifts. So is there a word for it when you do that part of the game but make the gifts decent?

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APRForReddit t1_j0zcrog wrote

It’s called a gift exchange….

White elephant refers to the story of the Thai king giving people he didn’t like white elephants. They weren’t allowed to decline or get rid of the gift, and taking care of an elephant would bankrupt them.

That’s why it’s called white elephant. It’s about shitty gifts

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DoofusMagnus t1_j106fid wrote

Things can evolve beyond the origin of their names.

In the part you quoted you even demonstrate that the activity has names other than White Elephant. By your logic, can Yankee Swaps only be done by people in the northern US?

"Gift exchange" could describe any number of things, from a standard everyone-buys-soemthing-for-everyone-else, to Secret Santa, to White Elephant/Yankee Swap. Have you seen "gift exchange" used anywhere to specifically refer to a game of White Elephant done with non-shitty gifts?

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dovahkiitten16 t1_j0zay43 wrote

My (extended) family does a White Elephant because it’s far cheaper than having to buy gifts for everyone and is much less pressure than a Secret Santa. It’s always a fun game, but yeah, effort is made to make the gifts decent. I got a bookshelf this year and stuck my cousin with a box of chocolate covered peanuts in exchange.

I’ve never heard of gifts having to be bad or that being the qualifier for making it a White Elephant. I thought it was more about the game aspect to gift giving.

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SWAGatszy t1_j0z7abc wrote

That's a Yankee Swap, my family does that every year

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LeftClique OP t1_j0z7okp wrote

In this variety of ‘white elephant’ or ‘dirty santa’ you bring a silly gift wrapped - anything from a tortilla blanket to a canvas of handsome Squidward. The presents are put in the middle and an order is decided via names drawn from a hat, etc. The first person picks a gift, opens it and displays to everyone. The second person can either steal the first person’s gift or pick a gift from the pile and so on! Usually there are a limited number of steals and each group might have their own rules. All in all, it’s just fun to do with friends/family!

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dough_fresh t1_j0y8wt1 wrote

Yeeees! For a white elephant gift I wrapped just a plunger stuffed it with Hershey kisses and tied little bows around the handle

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Catlover_999 t1_j0xpf10 wrote

this is torture for the gift receiver to open if they really need to tale a whizz

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Anonymous--celebrity t1_j0yql11 wrote

My God. You seem to have time and patience

Horrifying

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LeftClique OP t1_j0z7sgv wrote

This is actually procrastination from studying for my licensing exam!

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WeHaveAlwaysExisted t1_j0y31xm wrote

Now we know what Santa's commode at the North Pole really looks like.

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Accomplished-Lab1046 t1_j0ykcov wrote

This reminds me of that "The Office" episode where Dwight got pranked

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Murany t1_j0ygexa wrote

oh I know! It's a book! ... books!

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Chance_Bike9292 t1_j0zpcrv wrote

Is this a skill you've always had or have you learned recently?

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LeftClique OP t1_j0zqlta wrote

Funny enough, I actually went to a design college and during our first year we had a cardboard project where we had to make thing out of recycled cardboard - so I like to think those skills came in clutch!

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Chance_Bike9292 t1_j0zqz08 wrote

I should have gone to design school! That sounds like a lot more fun than the actual college I attended where there was much more math and crying

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LeftClique OP t1_j0zwnzl wrote

I think most people that go through design school might argue there is MORE crying 😂 it’s tough, just in a different way!

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EvilDutchrebel t1_j10c69i wrote

In the Netherlands we call this a Surprise. My fellow dutchies understand!

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joebraa t1_j11jbvt wrote

Im sorry...

But what do they mean with white elephant gifts?

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8gulmohar t1_j11kguw wrote

Why would anyone unwrap this?

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Crafted_20 t1_j0z1tyo wrote

What is a white elephant gift

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IndigoRose2022 t1_j0zj00j wrote

Nice!

I just put mine in a bag, I’m too lazy 😂

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[deleted] t1_j11bf55 wrote

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LeftClique OP t1_j11dwks wrote

This was my original idea - which i’m thinking i’ll try next year! 😂

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AoesDDR t1_j11rdbl wrote

I think I know what this is

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Kazureigh_Black t1_j0y9jbw wrote

I wanna know where "white elephant" replaced "dirty santa" as the name of this activity. This is the first year I've heard of this new term and the old one makes a lot more sense ... sort of.

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JoostinOnline t1_j0ydjga wrote

White Elephant isn't a new term. I don't know how old it is, but I remember my parents having a white elephant party in the mid 90s.

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Jukimundo t1_j0yd1o5 wrote

I thought it was called 'Secret Santa', so you'll understand my confusion at white elephant

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JoostinOnline t1_j0ydgzm wrote

White Elephant (or Dirty Santa) is like Secret Santa, but you get bad joke gifts. It's about the humor.

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Jukimundo t1_j0yfaeg wrote

Ahh I see. Thanks for the info kind stranger!

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DoofusMagnus t1_j0yt8yt wrote

Secret Santa is when everyone pulls the name of another participant and buys that specific person a gift. Usually you try to get them something they genuinely want.

White Elephant/Yankee Swap is when everyone brings a gift without a specific recipient in mind, everyone pulls a number, and you pick a gift in that order and can choose to either keep it or force a previous opener to swap with you. A higher number is better because you have more to choose from, except for #1 who gets their pick of anything at the end. The gifts often tend to be on the silly side.

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dayglo_nightlight t1_j0z3yjz wrote

Secret Santa is a different game, where you buy a gift for a specific person. Dirty Santa/White Elephant you pick wrapped gifts at random and "steal" them from each other.

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Thorned_Rose t1_j0ydhbw wrote

I don't understand the term white elephant either. In my country it more refers to a sale of secondhand household nick nacks and decorative items 🤷🏻‍♀️

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TheChickenStrip t1_j0z81k8 wrote

A white elephant is originally a term used dating back to the 1600s for something very valuable but has no useful purpose and is not (or no longer) wanted.

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