Am Samstag, 17. März 2018 19:11:09 UTC+1 schrieb Dave Smith:
> On 2018-03-17 1:49 PM, wrote:
> > On Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 12:33:46 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> This is different from the party that my brother's friends were invited
> >> to. After accepting the invitation she was asked to bring specific
> >> items. She was asked to bring two roasted beef tenderloins. Note that
> >> was two entire roasted loins. She was also asked two bottles of wine, a
> >> red and a white. The hostess <?> told her which wines she wanted her to
> >> bring, and they expensive. Never mind that this friend rarely drinks
> >> and that her husband does not drink at all, they were looking at
> >> $175-200 to buy the items she was asked to contribute to the hostess'
> >> husband's birthday party. She made up an excuse to make it to the party.
> >>
> >>
> > Do I dare ask what wifey was contributing to this feast and the others
> > as well?
>
> I never knew that, but our friend talked to some of the other neighbours
> and it seems that they had been asked to make similar contributions.
> One said that as soon as she heard what she was expected to bring she
> declined the invitation.
>
>
> > Please tell me she told her friend to take a flying leap.
>
> She is not the type to do that. She called back to check the date and
> realized they already had something going on that night.
>
>
> It is a pretty good scam for throwing a big, lavish party. Nothing but
> the best ingredients, and all at the expense of your friends and
> neighbours. FWIW, the birthday boy was a chef. If he is used to
> partying like that he must be liberating the goodies from his restaurant
> because most chefs don't make enough to entertain like that.

By the looks of it, he wanted to stock up the restaurant's pantry - why
else would a sane person demand those enormous amounts of food per
person?
Did the restaurant go out of business shortly afterwards? ;->

Bye, Sanne.