From: rmknudson@juno.com (matt knudson) Subject: [OUTDOORS] Forwarded, for Cookie Lovers Date: 28 Dec 1997 21:50:03 -0800 THIS IS TRUE: (Sally H. Knepher) PLEASE take the time to read it and PLEASE send this to every person you know who has an E-MAIL address... 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 cookielover s, 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* interpretat ion 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'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 possible think of. I paid $250 for this...I don't want Neiman-Marc us to *ever* getanother 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. Have fun!!! This is not a joke --- this is a true story. Ride free citizens! << Forwarded message via Prodigy Mail >> Time: 05:29 PM --------- End forwarded message ---------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Kenison Subject: Re: [OUTDOORS] Forwarded, for Cookie Lovers Date: 29 Dec 1997 07:17:33 -0700 (MST) On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, matt knudson wrote: > Subject: Cookie Lovers > > THIS IS TRUE: (Sally H. Knepher) > PLEASE take the time to read it and PLEASE send this to every person you > know who has an E-MAIL address... > > My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas No, this is NOT true - this is one of the oldest of the "Internet Myths" which don't ever seem to go away. It's been around almost as long as the Internet has. For an example of the background of this kind of "urban legend", see http://www.kumite.com/myths/ However, this brings up a good point. Mail of this type being sent to a list like UtahOutdoors is completely inappropriate. It has NOTHING to do with the topic of the list, and Matt had no business sending it to the list. He's been unsubscribed. Not that it matters much, since the list is basically dormant anyway... anyone have ideas for "resurrecting" it?? David Kenison - Orem, Utah dkenison@xmission.com My Homepage URL: http://www.xmission.com/~dkenison/ Internet Lists: LDS-GEMS, Cougar-Net, UtahOutdoors - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeff Westhead Subject: Re: [OUTDOORS] Forwarded, for Cookie Lovers Date: 29 Dec 1997 10:16:57 -0500 This is a totally bogus story - an Internet myth. It has been circulating for at least 5 years. Do not forward ANYTHING like this to ANY mailing list EVER. To learn more about this particular Internet myth search for "Neiman-Marcus Cookie" on http://www.yahoo.com. You can also read the official company line from Neiman-Marcus at http://www.neimanmarcus.com/custserv/cookie.htm Again, do not EVER forward a story like this or a virus warning to an Internet mailing list. They've been circulating for years and we've all seen them before. Jeff. At 09:50 PM 12/28/97 -0800, rmknudson@juno.com wrote: >Subject: Cookie Lovers > >THIS IS TRUE: (Sally H. Knepher) >PLEASE take the time to read it and PLEASE send this to every person you >know who has an E-MAIL address... -- Jeff Westhead -- Zoomit Corp. -- Toronto, Ontario, Canada mailto:jeff.westhead@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~jeffwe -