I will be in town this weekend.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Kerry Jones [mailto:kjone19@home.com] 
Sent:	Tuesday, July 24, 2001 2:36 PM
To:	Ricky Kahl; Mark & Connie; Larry and Allison Pierce; Kevin Home Jones; John Chelchowski; Gerald Richmond; Curtis Jones; Clayton Clark; Stokley, Chris; Brenda Carbo
Subject:	FW: NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES

These cookies really are great.

K

>>>Enjoy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>>Subject: NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES
>>>
>>>You've gotta love it.
>>>
>>>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 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 with approval, "Just add it to my tab," I told her.
>>>Thirty
>>>days later, I received my VISA statement 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 was 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 statues which govern fraud in Texas. I
>>>threatened to refer them to the Better Business Bureau and the State
>>>Attorney
>>>General Office for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, Do what you
>>>want.
>>>Don't bother thinking of how you can get even, or even try and get any of
>>>your 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....
>>>
>>>  NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES (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.
>>>
>>>  PLEASE SEND TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS!!
>>>
>>>Have fun!!!
>>>
>>>This is not a joke-this is a true story.
>>>
>>>Ride free, citizens!!!
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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