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By Preview of Coming Events Read the Story Below - Does it Sound Familiar 2 According to John Todd Llewellyn in Public Relations Quarterly , urban legends The Neiman-Marcus Cookies 5 Warning Legends Summary Slide (cont Pamela Donavan , in No Way of Knowing : Crime , Urban Legends , and the Internet Interested in Urban Legends Read the Story Below - Does it Sound Familiar This really happened : a friend of my friend Amy went out to a party on Saturday night and really tied one on - he was so drunk that he passed

out . When he woke up the next morning , he was lying in a bathtub full of ice and there was a note written on the bathroom mirror in lipstick . It said , Call 911 or you will die ' It turned out that both of his kidneys had been stolen ! He 's now in the hospital on dialysis and life support , waiting for a kidney transplant (Snopes There are many versions , but all include a stolen organ and a warning to call for help The myth is designed to warn young people not to go home with people they don 't know It is told in a way that anyone can relate to it , and always appears that it could have happened to someone we know According to John Todd Llewellyn in Public Relations Quarterly , urban legends are instances of folklore in the oral tradition they are memorable , repeatable and appropriate in some recurring social situations are believable involve the actions of regular people is set in the recent past Usually the teller and the hearer are of the same locale and generation The action being described happened "around here " but to an unnamed , near-acquaintance known as a FOAF (friend of a friend (Llewellyn The Neiman-Marcus Cookies The Legend A woman and her daughter go out to lunch at Neiman-Marcus , where they have chocolate-chip cookies . The woman asks for the recipe and the employee tells her it will cost two-fifty When she gets the bill , the woman is shocked to find that the bill is for two hundred and fifty dollars ! She wants to get even and passes the receipe on to everyone she knows Neiman-Marcus Cookies : The Truth This tale is the ultimate strike a blow for the little guy ' story There is no evidence that this ever happened There are different versions of the story Llewellyn offers firms advice for keeping their companies out of urban legends- the most important is to be aware of what spawns a business legend - the public 's lack of faith in the company itself The public relations department should then find ways to instill confidence in the public so that new legends don 't appear One university used a similar chart to report the number of students who drop out .it was later reported that no such evidence of dropouts existed . It was merely an orientation tool to show students that dropouts were rare Warning Legends These are often called crime legends . The most...