Dane,

This is not a true story, and it is junkmail, you idiot.

Love,
Coyote

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>From: Dane Tessler [mailto:dane714@worldnet.att.net]
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>Subject: True Story....not junkmail
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>> ABSOLUTELY " TRUE STORY"
>> "My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
>> Dallas &
>> decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such cookie
>> lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus Cookie".  (EDITORIAL
>> COMMENT: Neiman's is a VERY EXPENSIVE department store).
>> 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". "Well", I said,
>> "would
>> you
>> let me buy the recipe?"  With a cute smile, she said, "Yes."  I asked
>> how
>> much,
>> and she responded, "only two fifty, it's a great deal!"  I said with
>> approval,
>> "just add it to my tab."Thirty days later, I received my VISA
>> statement from
>> Neiman-Marcus and it was $285.00. I looked again and I remembered I
>> had only
>> spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for a scarf.  As I
>> glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe
>> $250.00."
>> That's outrageous!  I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them
>> the waitress said it was "two-fifty," which clearly does not mean "two
>> hundred and fifty dollars" by any POSSIBLE 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 her the criminal statutes that govern fraud in Texas, I
>> threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau and the
>> State's Attorney General for engaging in fraud.  I was basically told,
>> "Do what you want, we don't give a  crap, and we're not refunding your
>> money."  I waited, thinking of how I could get even, or even try and
>> get any of money back. I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250, and
>> now  I'm going to have $250.00 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 $250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus...for
>> free.
>> She  replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, you should
>> have thought of that before you ripped me off", and slammed down the
>> phone on her.
>> So, here it is!!!  Please, please, please pass it on to EVERYONE you
>> can possibly think of. I paid $250 dollars for this... I don't want
>> Neiman-Marcus to ever get another penny off of this recipe....
>> (Recipe may be halved):
>> 2 cups butter
>> 4 cups flour
>> 2 tsp. Soda
>> 2 cups sugar
>> 5 cups blended oatmeal
>> 24 oz. chocolate chips
>> 2 cups brown sugar
>> 1 tsp. Salt
>> 1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
>> 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.
>> Enjoy cooking the most expensive cookie in the world - FREE !! THIS IS
>> TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY
>> PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS.
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