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05 April 2006

My lunchtime fortune cookie said, "You are working hard."[More:]
Definitive proof that fortune cookies lie.
don't blame the cookie.
blame the wholesale dealer and those cookie sweatshops.
posted by ethylene 05 April | 13:17
I have a pet peeve about "fortune" cookies that dispense advice or statements of alleged fact.

for·tune Audio pronunciation of "fortune" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fôrchn)
n.

1.
1. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck: He decided to go home for the holidays, and his fortune turned for the worse.
2. fortunes The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
3. Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck: No matter what they tried, it ended in fortune.
2.
1. A person's condition or standing in life determined by material possessions or financial wealth: She pursued her fortune in another country.
2. Extensive amounts of material possessions or money; wealth.
3. A large sum of money: spent a fortune on the new car.
3. often Fortune A hypothetical, often personified force or power that favorably or unfavorably governs the events of one's life: We believe that Fortune is on our side.
4.
1. Fate; destiny: told my fortune with tarot cards.
2. A foretelling of one's destiny.
posted by drjimmy11 05 April | 13:33
...in bed.

sorry
posted by gaspode 05 April | 13:51
but is it true?
posted by ethylene 05 April | 13:55
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