# Fortune cookies!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookies/163947 "2003-03-25T03:36:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookies/163947/21 "2003-03-25T22:10:09Z")
“Bad luck and extreme misfortune will haunt your pathetic soul for all eternity.” -as seen on _Rocko’s Modern Life_. I quote that every time I open a fortune cookie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookies/163947/22 "2003-03-25T23:03:35Z")
The strangest: “The secret to success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside you” :eek: One of the most specific: “You will become an accomplished writer” 🆒 Recent one that made me go _hmmmmmm_: “You may find your horizons suddenly broadened” A threat? Or telling me that I shouldn’t have eaten quite so much of the buffet? ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookies/163947/23 "2003-03-25T23:48:19Z")
From paraphrased from Terry Pratchett’s “Interesting Times” ‘Help! Help! I’m stuck on this machine and can’t get …’ Rincewind: “That’s funny, it ends in a red stain” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookies/163947.md?page=1)