11 Jan 07 Confused by Confucious
Anybody see the commercial where the waiter and the cook at the Chinese restaurant slip a customized note into the fortune cookie of a woman who is being ignored by her date? Very clever!
One of the fun treats about Chinese food (besides the real chance of eating a household pet) has to be the fortune cookie. I happen to be one of those people who enjoys the fortune cookie for the cookie itself.
The nugget of wisdom and life altering instructions found within are just bonus features of the main event.
Alas, I am somewhat confused in my new enlightenment.
You see I made the mistake of eating two fortune cookies. We all know that once you open the fortune cookie and release the magical words your life is forever shaped by those words.
Here’s my dilemma. Fortune cookie # 1 said:
Indulge your ambitious nature
Which prompts the following interchange:
Beth – What on earth were you thinking?
Randy – I can explain.
Beth – (points to vehicle in driveway) You can explain buying this 2007 Limited Edition Corvette?
Randy – (showing fortune cookie paper) My fortune cookie said to indulge my ambitious nature.
Beth – [FILL IN YOUR OWN RESPONSE HERE]
The problem is fortune cookie # 2 said:
Lavish spending may be disastrous, be careful
Which prompts the following interchange:
Beth – I saw you eat two cookies, what does the other paper say?
Randy – (shoving paper into mouth) What paper?
What do you do when your fortune cookies contradict each other?
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That’s life! the good, the bad, the ugly and the ?
Perhaps ingesting Pepcid AC ahead of time to make the paper of the contradiciting cookie go down easier?
Very good, very good. When those cookies get their wires crossed.
When my fortune cookies contradict each other, I just do what Beth tells me to do…
You’re not confused, you just misinterpreted. It said to indulge your ambitious NATURE. The fish are calling…..
Maybe I need to talk to Beth. My fortune cookies are often contradictory!
Funny! Love the line about eating some family pet. Usually I pay little or no attention to the slip of paper inside the cookie. None of them ever mention Guitar Center!
I think we could all benefit from doing what Beth tells us to do. If only she had a blog….
I can’t believe I’m really going to write this for the world, but you do know you are reading fortune cookies incompletely, don’t you? You are supposed to add “in bed” to the end of each, e.g., “Indulge your ambitous nature…in bed.” Please don’t post about it, though.
Really, I’m not in junior high, but it adds a laugh to the Chinese take-out doldrums!
We love Chinese food, I hate the taste of fortune cookies. But my family always makes me break one open to see my fortune. It always says something bizarre like: your autobiography is a cure for insomnia, or make sure your finances are in order.
I thought everyone knew about the’in bed’ part. all I can say is ‘poor Beth’