From: BerliGo@...

I find it very amusing ;-)
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MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE COOKIE RECIPE!!!!!!! A little background:
Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a very expensive store;
i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00. Let's let them
have it!
THIS IS A TRUE STORY

My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
Dallas, and we decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are
such cookie lovers, we decided to try the
"Neiman-Marcus cookie." It was so
excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe, and the
waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you
can buy the recipe."

Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty--it's a great
deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to just add it to my tab. Thirty
days later, I received my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus charge
was $285.00! I looked again, and I remembered I
had only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for a for a scarf.
As I
glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie
Recipe-$250.00". That
was outrageous!

I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress said
it was
"two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars"
by
any reasonable interpretation of the phrase. Neiman- Marcus refused to
budge. They would not refund my money because, according to them, "What
the
waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen the recipe.
We absolutely will not refund your money at this point."

I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statues which
govern fraud in the state of Texas. I threatened to report them to the
Better Business Bureau and the Texas Attorney General's office for
engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do what you want. Don't bother
thinking
of how you can get even, and don't bother trying to get any of your
money
back."

I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm going to have
$250 worth of fun." I told her that I was going to see to it that every
cookie lover in the United States with an e-mail account has a $250
cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus...for free. She replied, "I wish you
wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, perhaps you should have thought of
that before you ripped me off!" andslammed down the phone.

So here it is! Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can
possibly think of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want
Neiman-Marcus to EVER make another penny off of this recipe!

NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES
(Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter 24 oz.
chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar 1 8 oz.
Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder. Cream the
butter
and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal,
salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate
chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches
apart on a
cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies
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PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN
E-MAILADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!! Have fun!!! This is not a
joke--it's a true story. Ride free, citizens!
Joe
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