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


      IT CAME FROM A FRIEND OF A FRIEND.

      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 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 was outrageous!
     I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said
     it was fifty," which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty
     dollars" by any *POSSIBLE* interpretation of Neiman-Marcus refused
     to budge. They would not refund my 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 Attorney General Office
     for engaging in fraud.  I was basically told, "Do what you want, it
     doesn't matter, 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
     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.  Have fun!!! This is not a joke-this is a true story.Ride
     free, citizens!>>

  Needless to say it's not a true story...but some tell me the cookies aren't too bad..... ;-)