Sort of a serious question. This has been bothering me for a while...

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If it’s not in you to speak up directly to them, enough to turn them from this scheme,( and you’re clearly not, or you would have before now), then I would send a couple of anonymous letters to ticket purchasers and stand back and watch their scheme unravel.

They won’t get into any trouble, as they are still in a position to reverse the wrong by returning the ticket price, I believe.

The letter should be carefully worded to indicate that your Mom’s illness has produced a change of character in her, so people will be somewhat understanding and forgiving, while refusing to participate.

Easy Peasy, problem solved.

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Come on! Like the OP is going to call the police on her mother and sister or something like that.

Personally, I would only tell mom/sis how wrong their scheme is, and refuse to attend.

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This dinner is scheduled for tomorrow. Any update, stint? Is it still happening?

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+1. What the holy hell does that even mean? Is it a regionalism I’m unfamiliar with? Who or what is being eliminated? It sounds so … ominous.

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I took it to mean elimination of debt, but that was just a WAG.

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It’s a fundraiser to try to raise funds to hire a big burly man to punch you in the stomach when you are constipated to help you start to eliminate again.

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I’d never heard the term elimination dinner until this thread but I figured it had to do with eliminating someone’s medical bills.

So stint – update us already!

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Heh - now you’ve got me thinking of alternative elimination dinners - some nice stewed prunes, sprinkled with bran, maybe a bunch of fresh fruit.

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Thanks for the shout out, Cat Whisperer. I actually ran across this just surfing, but it is always fun to see your name. :slight_smile:

A client of mine who had brain surgery really liked Brain Storms.

Looking for Brain Storms, I found this: My Story: My Life after Brain Aneurysm. It looks like it might be helpful.

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It sounds like those books would be a lot more useful for stint’s mom than having a fraudulent dinner.

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Still wondering what ended up happening.

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Me, too. Looks like the OP hasn’t been on since 7/6/11, so hopefully he’ll come back soon.

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Yeah, this is a thread where I would *really * like an update.

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I just want to know where the OP lives, sounds like a nice hospital to write off the costs.