# 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:** 18\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/61 "2005-03-30T18:25:32Z")

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YAY For Me. Woo! Woo!  
It Made Threadspotting Today!  
Attention Whoring!

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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 30, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/62 "2005-03-30T18:41:24Z")

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Szechwan can spot threads  
Pattern is predictable  
Expect a starburst

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/63 "2005-03-30T20:46:24Z")

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Last time had Chinese  
My nephews ate my fortune  
No more sweets for them!

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/64 "2005-03-30T20:55:00Z")

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[_The Fortune Cookie_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060424/)’s  
Not very sweet, but does have  
A taste of Lemmon.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/65 "2005-03-30T21:04:11Z")

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We often eat at  
Vietnamese restaurant  
After club meetings.

And we get fortune  
Cookies there. It’s North Amer-  
Ican culture now.

We read our fortunes  
In French and Esperanto.  
Once I got two.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/66 "2005-03-30T21:09:36Z")

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> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> Haiku = JAPANESE!  
> Fortune cookies are CHINESE.  
> This is all so wrong!

**Chefguy** ’s “Chinese” food  
Was American, really  
Like most food in the States

His haiku is, too.  
The haiku form is here now  
We adopted it.

What’s American  
In this place of immigrants  
Is hard to decide.

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**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/67 "2005-04-01T05:10:01Z")

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Szechwan for my lunch  
was really quite good, but now  
I burning your dog

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**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/68 "2005-04-01T06:12:41Z")

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Just had three Dim Sims  
Always makes me laugh because  
Dim Sim not a word

(Might be an Aussie-only joke. Not sure if other countries corrupt the word as well)

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/69 "2005-04-01T12:34:15Z")

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> [@Keapon Laffin](#):
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> Just had three Dim Sims  
> Always makes me laugh because  
> Dim Sim not a word

Dim Sim = Not smart member of Sims. 😃  
You Virtual Cannibal!

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**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/70 "2005-04-01T14:52:10Z")

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Dim Sum, not Dim Sim  
**Keapon’s** slang not adding up  
Sorry for bad pun

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/71 "2005-04-01T15:17:28Z")

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I am really bad  
at writing haikus.  
Syllables confound me.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/72 "2005-04-01T15:20:21Z")

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“This insert has a  
protective coating” now I’m  
scared of condoms.

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**Author:** ![SCCajun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SCCajun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCCajun)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/73 "2005-04-01T15:26:24Z")

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My first post to boards  
Should really be more austere  
But Haiku is fun

But just to show you  
I’ve been reading for some time  
Read my next Haiku

Point Three Hi Opal!  
1920’s Style Death Ray  
Then Penis Ensues

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/74 "2005-04-01T16:00:13Z")

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I cannot see this screen  
tears stream down cheeks as I read  
laughter rolls from my heart

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**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/75 "2005-04-01T16:47:51Z")

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> [@SCCajun](#):
>
> My first post to boards  
> Should really be more austere  
> But Haiku is fun
> 
> But just to show you  
> I’ve been reading for some time  
> Read my next Haiku
> 
> Point Three Hi Opal!  
> 1920’s Style Death Ray  
> Then Penis Ensues

Welcome to the boards  
**SCCajun** , good post but,  
goat porn must be earned.

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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:** [April 1, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/76 "2005-04-01T18:02:44Z")

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> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> YAY For Me. Woo! Woo!  
> It Made Threadspotting Today!  
> Attention Whoring!

This thread made the grade?  
Unaware am I of this.  
Fucking server crashed.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/77 "2005-04-01T21:52:39Z")

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If you want surprise  
Hidden within your meal  
Try Wendy’s chili

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-future/295686/78 "2005-04-01T21:54:22Z")

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:smack:  
Dinner, not meal

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