# I have no future.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 22, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686 "2005-03-22T05:08:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/1 "2005-03-22T05:08:10Z")

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Szechwan takeout food;  
Empty cookie saddens me;  
Is it all over?

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/2 "2005-03-22T05:55:51Z")

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After cheap Szechwan  
There is often afterglow,  
Heartburn till morning.

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**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/3 "2005-03-22T06:08:18Z")

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observe this omen,  
it says: life is not governed  
by scraps of paper

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**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/4 "2005-03-22T06:15:26Z")

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except for those scraps  
we will need in the bathroom  
for the afterglow

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/5 "2005-03-22T13:43:05Z")

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Did you check inside  
For paper before gulping–  
messages from teeth!

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**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/6 "2005-03-22T13:48:05Z")

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I cannot believe  
I am the first to say this:  
no news is good news!

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/7 "2005-03-22T13:54:42Z")

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Much to my surprise,  
Alive and well this morning.  
Ominous rumbling.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/8 "2005-03-22T14:03:06Z")

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Ominous rumbling  
After eating cheap Schezwan  
Chefguy’s gonna blow!

:eek:

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/9 "2005-03-22T14:24:16Z")

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You have a future  
An open and endless dream  
Full of varied ends

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/10 "2005-03-22T14:29:47Z")

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It sure sounds like you  
Shared your Szechwan takeout meal  
With the Sex Pistols

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/11 "2005-03-22T14:59:22Z")

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Reeking of onions,  
Wife breathes softly in my face.  
Up at four thirty.

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**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/12 "2005-03-22T15:03:27Z")

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Onion breath is bad  
Blow up that bathroom and you  
Shall have your vengeance

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/13 "2005-03-22T15:07:39Z")

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Wife’s breath in face beats  
Three-year-old entering bed  
Pull-up needs changing

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/14 "2005-03-22T15:44:57Z")

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Pull-up needs changing,  
Lie very still, fake sleeping  
Don’t move a muscle.

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/15 "2005-03-22T16:22:16Z")

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My nose betrays me  
Toddler not toilet-trained yet  
Cannot be ignored

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/16 "2005-03-22T17:19:05Z")

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> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> It sure sounds like you  
> Shared your Szechwan takeout meal  
> With the Sex Pistols

Understanding this  
Reference eludes me so  
Please explain yourself.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/17 "2005-03-22T17:36:40Z")

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Lyric reference  
For the song _God Save The Queen_  
[Scroll down to the end](http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/sexpistols/godsavethequeen.html)

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/18 "2005-03-22T19:07:47Z")

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Nnnnnnnnggg…Nnngg…must.not.be.pedantic…NNggggggggAAAAHHHHHHH!!  
NO!

Haiku = JAPANESE!  
Fortune cookies are CHINESE.  
This is all so wrong!

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/19 "2005-03-22T19:14:49Z")

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> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> Nnnnnnnnggg…Nnngg…must.not.be.pedantic…NNggggggggAAAAHHHHHHH!!  
> NO!
> 
> Haiku = JAPANESE!  
> Fortune cookies are CHINESE.  
> This is all so wrong!

Ruining this thread,  
Inigo should know better.  
Be a dick elsewhere.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/20 "2005-03-22T19:42:20Z")

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Better your cookie  
Be empty than Emerald  
In color like Lake

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