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THIS IS TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND PLEASE
SEND THIS TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-
MAIL ADDRESS....THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC.

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 in the States}. 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 which govern fraud in Texas, I threatened to refer 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 my 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 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).
BR> ** 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.

Have fun!!!

This is not a joke --- this is a true story. Ride free citizens!