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Once again, the story of the NunBun gets screwed up in the re-telling.
First, Mother Teresa never sued anybody. Her attorney wrote us a letter which basically was full of legal nonsense: He tried to tell us we couldn't do anything with the bun because it was her image. Thus, she was claiming a cinnamon bun really was her image. Hmmm. We only claimed it sorta looked like her. (Yes, I paid a $200/hour attorney to explain the difference to me.)
Second, Mother Teresa actually laughed about the NunBun. True, she didn't want her image used to make money. But she thought the idea that her image was found in a cinnamon bun to be quite funny.
Third, the week she died she made a joke about the bun. Her attorney was going over big issues with her because they knew the end was near. He presented her with the legal compromise he and I agreed to: we'd stop calling it the "Mother Teresa Miracle Bun" and the "Immaculate Confection" and refer to it as the NunBun. We'd also only sell about $50,000 worth of merchandise per year with the NunBun image on it (in reality we sell about $500 per year).
Fourth, how can anyone possibly consider someone who breaks into a cafe at night and steals something that made thousands of people laugh, hundreds wonder and a few break-down in religious awe, a "do-gooder"?
Sincerely,
Bob Bernstein
Owner- Bongo Java
Nashville, TN
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