# 2009 = 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637 "2009-01-02T21:53:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/1 "2009-01-02T21:53:45Z")
At least that’s what my fortune cookie says. “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.” Well, seeing as how I’m perfect, I doubt I’ll stop doing what I’ve always done. Oh well, at least I have my lucky numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/2 "2009-01-02T22:01:26Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but that doesn’t seem like a fortune. It’s more of an aphorism. I can’t think when the last time was that I got an actual fortune in a fortune cookie. ---
**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/3 "2009-01-02T23:02:15Z")
You know, all you folks like to complain about not getting real fortunes, but I wonder what you’d do if you ever got one. I used to complain about aphorism cookies, too, until one day I got one that read “there is a nice cake waiting for you.” Guess what? No cake. For three months. Be grateful your cookies are vague. Mine are liars. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/4 "2009-01-02T23:17:17Z")
Don’t make us out to be the bad guys. That cake waited for you for THREE MONTHS. You just couldn’t find it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/5 "2009-01-02T23:50:43Z")
> [@Influential\_Panda](#): > > You know, all you folks like to complain about not getting real fortunes, but I wonder what you’d do if you ever got one. I used to complain about aphorism cookies, too, until one day I got one that read “there is a nice cake waiting for you.” Guess what? > > No cake. For three months. > > Be grateful your cookies are vague. Mine are liars. :eek: Are you saying the cake is a lie? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/6 "2009-01-03T00:04:55Z")
> [@Influential\_Panda](#): > > You know, all you folks like to complain about not getting real fortunes, but I wonder what you’d do if you ever got one. I used to complain about aphorism cookies, too, until one day I got one that read “there is a nice cake waiting for you.” Guess what? > > No cake. For three months. > > Be grateful your cookies are vague. Mine are liars. You were supposed to go get it. It was waiting for you, not looking for you. You weren’t expecting it to walk in on its cake legs, were you? Fortune cookies never lie. 🆒 😛 And your post cracked me up. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/7 "2009-01-03T00:08:29Z")
I will never forget the day I cracked open a fortune cookie and read, “Support adult literacy - Buy a box of fortune cookies!” ---
**Author:** ![BuzzSaw101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@BuzzSaw101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuzzSaw101)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/8 "2009-01-03T00:15:39Z")
My wife got a strange one last week “When leaving your house tomorrow, take an immediate left.” What the hell is that supposed to mean? ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/9 "2009-01-03T00:16:01Z")
> [@Influential\_Panda](#): > > \ > > Be grateful your cookies are vague. Mine are liars. This line made me laugh so hard. Would you mind terribly if I used this for my sig? ---
**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/10 "2009-01-03T00:19:16Z")
Knock yourself out. I used to work in a Chinese restaurant and have a ton of cookie-related stories. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/11 "2009-01-03T00:27:54Z")
> [@BuzzSaw101](#): > > My wife got a strange one last week > > “When leaving your house tomorrow, take an immediate left.” > > What the hell is that supposed to mean? Maybe it went with the one I got that said, “Romance is waiting around the corner.” I sure would have appreciated some direction as to which corner and what Romance would look like. I’m sure I walked right on by it. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/12 "2009-01-03T00:49:56Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Maybe it went with the one I got that said, “Romance is waiting around the corner.” I sure would have appreciated some direction as to which corner and what Romance would look like. I’m sure I walked right on by it. What if the cookies lead you to a romance with your lawn gnome? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/13 "2009-01-03T00:57:35Z")
My first interpretation is “Same Sh!t, Different Year” ---
**Author:** ![Lavender\_Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b782af/32.png) [@Lavender\_Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/14 "2009-01-03T01:08:44Z")
I once got a fortune that said I would “soon be heading to a land of sunshine,” right before I left for the Caribbean. Since the trip had already been months in the planning, was that really a fortune, or was somebody in the fortune cookie factory spying on me? ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/15 "2009-01-03T01:58:01Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > What if the cookies lead you to a romance with your lawn gnome? On a positive note, you can’t get a STD from lawn gnomes (unless you consider splinters an STD). ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-2008/479637/16 "2009-01-03T02:02:41Z")
“You are the crispy noodle in the vegetarian salad of life.” Without Chinese buffets, I would never have come to realize this essential truth.