I went to a White Elephant Party at my church around Christmas time in the early 80's. If you don't know what that is, you bring unwanted stuff to the party and exchange them to others to try and get better stuff. It can get interesting, because the other person can exchange their gift for something they like, and so on.
One person brought an oil painting of Richard Nixon. It was exchanged around until someone got it that actually wanted it. I guess they were a fan of the former President. I wanted it for a dart board, but that person found out and wanted it to keep me from using it in that way. I don't remember what I ended up getting that night.
When I got back home, I wrote a letter to Richard Nixon. I lied and told him that I had gotten this painting of him, but it got stolen out of my car. He sent me an autographed picture of him and Pat standing on the beach. I thought that was nice that I had conned him out of an autograph. I sold it years later.
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