This is a true story.
> Please forward when you finish reading!
>
> A little background:
>
> Neiman-Marcus, if you don’t know already, is a very expensive boutique
> shop (they sell a typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00)
>
> My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
> Dallas , USA . Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to
> try the ‘Neiman-Marcus cookie’. It was so excellent that I asked if they
> would give me the recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, ‘I’m
> afraid not, but you can buy the recipe.’
>
> I asked how much, and she responded; ‘Only two fifty – it’s a great
> deal’
>
> I agreed to that, and told her to add it to my bill.
>
> Thirty days later, I got my Visa statement, and the Neiman-Marcus charge
> was $285. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent $9.95
> for two sandwiches and about $20 for a scarf. 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 had
> 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.
>
> I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes
> 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. 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 said, OK, you’ve 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 world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe from
> Neiman-Marcus for free. She replied, ‘I wish you wouldn’t do that.’ I
> said, ‘Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you RIPPED
> ME OFF!’ and slammed down the phone.
>
> So here it is! 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 from this recipe!
>
>
> NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved as this makes heaps)
>
> 2 (500 ml) cups butter
> 680 g chocolate chips
> 4 (1000 ml) cups flour
> 2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar
> 2 tsp.. (10 ml) Bicarbonate of soda
> 1 tsp. (5 ml) salt
> 2 (500 ml) cups sugar
> 500 g Grated Cadbury chocolate
> 5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal
> 4 eggs
> 2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder
> 2 tsp. (10 ml) vanilla
> 3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts (optional)
>
> 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 bicarbonate of soda. Add chocolate
> chips, grated Chocolate and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches
> apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees (180 C).
>
> The above quantities make 112 cookies. Enjoy!
>
>
>
> PLEASE KEEP THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN
> E-MAIL ADDRESS!
>
> This is not a joke-it’s a true story.

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