You're NOBODY til you've received this recipe!!! 

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             {YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE, PASS IT ON...!!!}

Subject: Neiman Marcus Cookies

This is an interesting story and funny.This is a true story...
Please forward it to everyone that you can.. You will have to 
read it to believe it...

My daughter and 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".  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 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 that 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 a moment, thinking of how I could get even, or 
even try to get any of my money back. I just said, "Okay, you folks got
my $250.00, 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 $250.00 dollars for this... I don't
want Neiman-Marcus to ever get another penny off of this recipe...

(Recipe may be halved)

Ingrdients:   
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda 
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal and blend in blender to a fine powder)
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
1  8 oz. Hershey bar (grated)   
4 eggs  
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (optional) 
2 tsp. vanilla

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...