SC - SCA, and cookies too
The Davidsons
paradox at gamewood.net
Wed Aug 27 13:55:11 PDT 1997
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>Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:23:49 -0400
>From: dhritter at duke-energy.com (David H Ritterskamp)
>Subject: SCA, and cookies too
>To: atlantia at adm.csc.ncsu.edu
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>Reply-To: dhritter at duke-energy.com (David H Ritterskamp)
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>Poster: dhritter at duke-energy.com (David H Ritterskamp)
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>On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, "David L. Booker" <dbooker at gte.net> wrote:
>>Okay, pass this on wherever. I understand this originally came from a
>>Scadian in Ansteorra. ;-) A
>>
>>--------- Begin forwarded message ----------
>>
>>A friend passed this on to me -- great story and great reason to keep
>>passing
>>it on to your friends !!!
>>
>>Madam, or 'Queta, or Harriet
>>
>>==============================================
>>THIS IS TRUE
>>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 cookie
>>lovers,
>>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 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'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 possibly think of.
>>I
>>paid $250 for this . . . I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER get another
>>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 (Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine
>>powder)
>>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)
>>
>>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 12 cookies. Have
>>fun!!!
>>
>>This is not a joke . . . this is a true story. Ride free citizens!
>>
>>Katherine Watt kcwatt at ucdavis.edu
>>
>>--------- End forwarded message ----------
>>
>
>Cookie lovers of the world, UNITE!!
>
>Regards,
>
>Ld. Jonathan Blackbow
>Clan O'Shannon
>[munch munch munch slurp *grin*][repeat as necessary]
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