Fortune Cookies

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 2:05pm

When did fortune cookies become so generic? I opened one today and it says: "The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next." Fortune cookies used to say things like "Money will come your way" or "You will fall in love".

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 2:13pm

in bed

[gumbo2]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 3:25pm

I'm with you. When I read a fortune cookie I want a FORTUNE, like what's going to happen to me. I don't want tidbits of information.

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 3:27pm

how about this for a fortune? My aunt opened a cookie and the fortune read "Your main problem might be your stupidity."

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 4:39pm

I got a cookie last week that said "You are good at competitive sports." That's not a fortune, or even philosophical. It's just a statement (that isn't even accurate).

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 4:40pm

When I was 11, I got one that said "You will have fun tonight in bed."

No lie. It was pretty amazing.


But it didn't come true.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 4:43pm

I got one last week that said 'That wasn't chicken.'

[MatthewAddison]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 4:45pm

Updated On: 9/5/08 at 04:45 PM

[kate2]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 5:00pm

I got one that said "A carrot a day may keep cancer away" and on the back it taught me how to say father in Chinese... fu kin. I kid you not.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 7:19pm

My favorites: "You will be hungry soon. Order takeout now."
"You will be attracted to an older, more experienced person."
"Give the person on your left a kiss."
"Avoid the opposite sex today. Yeah, right!"

Once, my mom was eating Chinese food with friends and her fortune said, "Life is as tedious as a tale told over and over." She decided that was a lousy fortune and grabbed a second one. That one read, "Life is as tedious as a tale told over and over."

[nitsua]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 7:46pm

On February 16, I got a fortune that read, "Remember three months from this date. Good things are in store for you."

My 22nd birthday is on May 16! Exactly three months!

[Robos89]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 9:30pm

I go to college for musical theatre, as most of you may now. Teachers can sometimes come down hard on you and as most of us MTs know, we have days when we feel REALLY untalented. Well during one of my untalented days, I got a fortune cookie, when I opened it up, it read,

"You have musical talents. Make them known."

It made my day

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 9:38pm

In China they're known as American Message Cookies. They're strictly American. I agree about the generic messages. Probably someone sued one of the cookie making companies because the fortune didn't come true and won!

[nitsua]

Posted: 3/18/08 at 9:44pm

Chinese Fortune Cookies were first made in San Francisco.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 3/20/08 at 5:54pm

Updated On: 1/24/09 at 05:54 PM

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 5:57am

I got one last night with a saying that reflects a very strong-held belief of mine. It's somehow comforting when you read something from a fortune cookie that you, yourself, say all the time, isn't it? (Or perhaps it's just grossly egotistical!)


The person who never trusts themselves never trusts anyone.

[Select a Member Name]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 2:47pm

I once got one that said "The mirror can be your best friend." I taped it to my mirror.

[winston89]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 9:24pm

I love it on fortune cookies how every so often you will come across a 13 in the list of lucky numbers.

[ExceedinglyPeculiar2]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:59pm

I got one that said "Lavish spending may be dangerous. Be careful."

That's not a fortune...at least not a good one.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:15pm

I got three in one today:

"Wish you a long life."

"You are heading in the right direction."

"The current year will bring you much happiness."


Has that happned to anyone before?

[SNLMedia]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:25pm

One of my favorites was "In god we trust; all others must pay cash."

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:27pm

Everytime I ate at the Chinese food place in Clarksville, my cookie was missing it's fortune.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:42pm

Here's one I got a long time ago, but I have never forgotten it:

If everyone is jumping out of the window, there must be a reason.

I love that.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:48pm

"In god we trust; all others must pay cash."

That was the original title of the book which A CHRISTMAS STORY is based on.

[Gingersnap2]

Posted: 6/30/08 at 9:24am

My favorite Chinese restaurant doesn't even give fortune cookies at all. A small loss...their food is really good.