Submitted by LeftClique t3_zqdycj in mildlyinteresting
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Lord_MAX184 t1_j0xoknw wrote
Best gift ever
Catlover_999 t1_j0xpf10 wrote
this is torture for the gift receiver to open if they really need to tale a whizz
Pliplonplick t1_j0xr2mw wrote
Various small punglers
-B0B- t1_j0xuzfb wrote
And inside the plunger wrapping, a very small toilet
day7seven t1_j0xvbph wrote
A toilet and a medium sized plunger.
WeHaveAlwaysExisted t1_j0y31xm wrote
Now we know what Santa's commode at the North Pole really looks like.
TacticalCatnip t1_j0y7epe wrote
>punglers
😂
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
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.
Jukimundo t1_j0yd1o5 wrote
I thought it was called 'Secret Santa', so you'll understand my confusion at white elephant
JoostinOnline t1_j0ydgzm wrote
White Elephant (or Dirty Santa) is like Secret Santa, but you get bad joke gifts. It's about the humor.
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 🤷🏻♀️
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.
Jukimundo t1_j0yfaeg wrote
Ahh I see. Thanks for the info kind stranger!
EpicWildlifeWarriors t1_j0yhir7 wrote
Unless you can find a usage of "dirty santa" from before 1600, I think you are just late to the party.
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
Accomplished-Lab1046 t1_j0ykcov wrote
This reminds me of that "The Office" episode where Dwight got pranked
OSUBonanza t1_j0ym7ia wrote
Medium? How big are your shits?!
expiermental_boii t1_j0ym9cr wrote
Better not chocolate or else no one will want to eat it
eatyabeansok t1_j0ype80 wrote
Hahahah so quirky !
Pineapple_Spenstar t1_j0ypn3i wrote
Anonymous--celebrity t1_j0yql11 wrote
My God. You seem to have time and patience
Horrifying
sortaitchy t1_j0yrkh2 wrote
How stupid am I that I googled pungler. Typonese is my second language even.
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
DoofusMagnus t1_j0ysmar wrote
Yep, also called a Yankee Swap.
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.
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.
KikisGamingService t1_j0yv0xk wrote
That's just gifts
dovahkiitten16 t1_j0z02hz wrote
But the idea of swapping gifts around is unique. White Elephant is also a game.
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.
Abadatha t1_j0z19x9 wrote
Are you trying to say that a Wacky Waving Arm Flailing Inflatable Tube Man is a bad gift?!
Crafted_20 t1_j0z1tyo wrote
What is a white elephant gift
twdvermont t1_j0z1zrb wrote
Next time I clog the toilet, I'm texting my wife "Bring me the pungler"
DetroitHikingGal t1_j0z3mno wrote
That’s dedication
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?
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.”
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.
Pliplonplick t1_j0z4zs3 wrote
It's almost right 💀
DutchShaco t1_j0z5ykl wrote
A bit bigger than regular shits, but small enough to not require the poop knife
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!
SWAGatszy t1_j0z7abc wrote
That's a Yankee Swap, my family does that every year
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!
LeftClique OP t1_j0z7sgv wrote
This is actually procrastination from studying for my licensing exam!
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.
MikeyboyMC t1_j0z936x wrote
The Trickster
Angreek t1_j0z9949 wrote
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?
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.
Profesor_Gato t1_j0zbglu wrote
You my friend, are an expert wrapper. Teach me your ways
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
IndigoRose2022 t1_j0zj00j wrote
Nice!
I just put mine in a bag, I’m too lazy 😂
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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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WirelessBCupSupport t1_j0znnry wrote
Last night's Taco Bell
KingoftheWildlings t1_j0zo0wn wrote
That’s a big ass plunger
Chance_Bike9292 t1_j0zpcrv wrote
Is this a skill you've always had or have you learned recently?
SamsRhubarbe t1_j0zqcgx wrote
Theirs two type of people
- Those who do this
- Those who struggle to wrap a square box
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!
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
Lil_Brown_Bat t1_j0zsf20 wrote
Oh man, I'd love to be gifted one of these!
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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!
LeftClique OP t1_j0zwqm4 wrote
Love this comment! 😂😂😂
dan-80 t1_j0zyhr1 wrote
a shitter gift I guess
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.
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?
lightning2476 t1_j10c5aq wrote
Illusion 100
EvilDutchrebel t1_j10c69i wrote
In the Netherlands we call this a Surprise. My fellow dutchies understand!
e5115271 t1_j10e5ms wrote
Didn't Benedict Cumberbatch narrate a documentary on Punglers?
Materva t1_j10f73e wrote
Well, I mean Mr. Hanky tends to be quite large.
notadreamafterall t1_j10l9b1 wrote
Pengwings.
Salt_Ingenuity_720 t1_j10m6vd wrote
Next level Epic
LoraxVW t1_j10qs8n wrote
Small punglers are the best kind of punglers.
LeftClique OP t1_j10s8pl wrote
Proficient in Minor Illusion 👌
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)
e5115271 t1_j10u6b2 wrote
Penglins.
nightwalkerxx t1_j112hz8 wrote
Hahaha, so original!
Askin_MrBrooks t1_j115npm wrote
Oh, white elephant is just a weird name for Dirty Santa.
Finance_Plus t1_j11ciqa wrote
It's not the size that matters but the way you use it
LeftClique OP t1_j11dwks wrote
This was my original idea - which i’m thinking i’ll try next year! 😂
DistractionRectangle t1_j11n5ee wrote
Best I can do is rice Krispy treats and fondant
Zombiewax t1_j11ps9x wrote
Pungler! This is my new favourite word.
fluffybeetle t1_j11thto wrote
Dude I'm wondering too.
fluffybeetle t1_j11tj2l wrote
What's a Dirty Santa
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