On Sun, 26 Apr 1992 19:37:58 EST, christine romano <CROMANO@UCONNVM> wrote: >not that this is particularly significant, but, what's the Neiman-Marcus >cookie story???????????? On 4 Jan 1992, [log in to unmask] posted an article to the "alt.folklore.urban" USENET newsgroup, stating that: a "Mrs. Fields" (instead of N-M) version of this story has been distributed in the EMACS package for as long as I can remember. The story is also the mutant bastard child of the famous Waldorf-Astoria Red Velvet Cake story; see Jan Harold Brunvand's _Oregon Folklore Bulletin_, 1963 -- a good summary is in WPoundstone's _Bigger Secrets_, 1986. Yes, '1963' is the year in the posting. P.S. Don't ask about "dying boy wants postcards/business cards"!