My man and I went to Chinese Food tonight and our fortunes were not only NOT fortunes, they were like vague, obscure STATEMENTS.
Mine said "Dare to dream, hope, believe, seek, feel, find, and love."
My man's said "Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your undersanding."
THESE ARE NOT FORTUES!! What is UP with the fortune cookie makers???
2007-01-02 13:39:22 · 11 answers · asked by concretebrunette 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I got one a few weeks back that said I would make a lot friends with my tongue. (This isn't a joke) It sounded rather perverted to me. It is still in on my dresser.
2007-01-02 13:44:10 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question, I hate when I get useless fortunes. I once got one that said, "God not only will listen to your prayers, but will also make them come true." I thought it was odd for a fortune, but it put a smile on my face that day and I still have it in my wallet.
I got another one recently that said "Tastes like chicken". I kept that one too, although I don't know why.
According to other fortunes, I am a leader, will astonish everyone with my success and I will write a book one day. I'm still waiting to see what happens with those :-)
2007-01-02 13:47:47 · answer #2 · answered by Nels 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I think it's totally lame. I don't want Oprah-esque platitudes when I open a fortune cookie - I want to hear that I'm going to meet a handsome stranger on a boat, or that a great fortune will come to me next month, or that my mortal enemies will be eaten by bats.
2007-01-02 13:43:14 · answer #3 · answered by Sass B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but the best "fortune" I ever got in a fortune cookie said "EAT MORE CHINESE FOOD"! I still laugh about that.
2007-01-02 13:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by rshegv 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
exactly! I've been miffed about this for some time and am thinking of starting the "Damn the statements, bring back the fortunes" group. I always picture a bunch of drunk idiots typing out those statements day after day, locked away in a basement cubicle somewhere.
2007-01-02 13:44:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fortune cookies don't really contain fortunes, hon. They instead contain sayings by Confucious which, supposedly, you are supposed to get by destiny. This message applies in some way to your current situaltion.
Also, I once got one that said, "Promote literacy: buy more fortune cookies."
2007-01-02 13:48:41 · answer #6 · answered by Wisdom Lies in the Heart 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to make a fortune, go out and work for it.
2007-01-02 13:47:58 · answer #7 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know, but one was featured in Reader's Digest's 'Odd jobs' article a couple years ago.
2007-01-02 13:42:30 · answer #8 · answered by musicgirl31♫ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know. Heck, one we had recently didn't even have a paper in it, how sad...
P.S. Anyone with a weird one, might email this site... ; ) http://www.weirdfortunecookies.com/
2007-01-02 13:44:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they sold out to cheap marketing companies
much like mega churches sold out christianity from not for profit to
ABSOLUTELY FOR PROFIT
2007-01-02 13:44:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋