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30 December 2005

You will do well to expand your business →[More:]in bed.

My boss bought us Chinese today and that was what my fortune cookie said.

post by: sciurus at: 12:21 | 12 comments

I'd like to buy a Chinese.

posted by orthogonality 30 December | 12:28

I got one the other night that said "The answer to grief is motion."

posted by Hugh Janus 30 December | 12:28

Of course, you have to add the implied "...naked, in bed." to every cookie fortune you read. See how well it works on just those two examples?

posted by Doohickie 30 December | 12:29

The best fortune I got said: Don't take advice from fortune cookies.

Okay. No! Wait... okay. No, wait!

posted by Specklet 30 December | 12:36

I got one, once, that said "Watch out for children."

posted by Hugh Janus 30 December | 12:41

I got one a few days ago that said, "Our first and last love is... self-love." Even without adding "...naked in bed," it sounds pretty dirty.

posted by amro 30 December | 12:42

Doohickie: Look after the more inside.

The fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco. No, really.

Wikipedia also has articles on American Chinese cuisine and Chinese restaurant syndrome (MSG sensitivity).

posted by stilicho 30 December | 12:54

That grief one is a good one, Hugh.

posted by chewatadistance 30 December | 13:03

Yep. Everybody was sharing their fortunes across the table. I just put mine down and pretended to space out or something.

posted by Hugh Janus 30 December | 13:12

Attached to one of my monitors at home, my favorite cookie fortune ever:

"The greatest problem could be your stupidity."

posted by box 30 December | 14:10

This prompted me to Google some more fortune cookie messages:

Never wear your best pants when you go to fight for freedom.

The pants you've recently purchased are unfashionably short.

and for the do-it-yourselfer...

posted by wendell 30 December | 16:52

Doohickie: Look after the more inside.

Well, I look pretty dumb. At least that's "in character" for me. Carry on.

posted by Doohickie 30 December | 19:55

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