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Ravenlynne Ravenlynne is offline
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Dave Smith wrote:
> ravenlynne wrote:
>> I made a large strawberry and amaretto trifle to feed a LOT of people
>> for a potluck. (It will feed like 30 people, it was to be a 100 person
>> deal) DH just called and it's cancelled.
>>
>> We're going to be eating trifle for days now.
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> Hold on a sec..... It is a pot luck and you are expected to prepare enough
> for 30????? I thought the idea of pot luck was that everyone tool enough
> to feed themselves and pooled the efforts. If 30 people each took enough
> for 30 there would be enough food for 900. That is a lot of leftovers, or
> is it one of those deals where a small core of people work their asses off
> and most of the rest get a freebie.


Pretty much. The wives of the few that are married get stuck. Such is
life.

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