# Unformatted Fortune Cookies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022 "2006-03-12T05:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/21 "2006-03-13T16:26:48Z")
the one I keep in my wallet says “You could prosper in the field of wacky inventions.” ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/22 "2006-03-13T16:33:29Z")
“Beware of odors from unfamiliar sources.” When I lived In Las Cruces, I thought it was unusual thatthere were so many Chinese restaurants for a city its size. We’re not talking about strip mall clones, but real old-school Cantonese restaurants - tens of them. One used to give out cookies with bad fortunes; stuff like “You will soon be hit by a train” and the like. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/23 "2006-03-13T23:20:49Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > One used to give out cookies with bad fortunes; stuff like “You will soon be hit by a train” and the like. Now that’s funny! That’s what I’d do, if I ran a Chinese restaurant – just to see people’s faces as they finished up their meals. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/24 "2006-03-13T23:34:17Z")
Got one once that said: **You love chinese food.** I took it up to the counter when we paid the bill and showed it to the hostess and said jokingly, “Isn’t this kind of cheating?” She laughed and gave me another cookie. In the car on the way out of the parking lot I opened the second cookie and read this: **You can have your cake and eat it too.** :eek: 😃 Still have both of them taped to my window frame, right here in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/25 "2006-03-14T10:04:17Z")
I got “You want to go to Egypt” from Panda Express. I thought it was a bit strange. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/26 "2006-03-14T12:27:31Z")
🙂 You will spend old age in comfort and material wealth. 🙂 Smilies included. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/27 "2006-03-14T12:30:37Z")
We got “At last I am out of this cookie.” but my husband didn’t save it. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![Praetor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@Praetor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Praetor)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/28 "2006-03-14T15:29:27Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > The strangest fortune I ever got from a cookie was none at all. I got an empty cookie. I don’t know what it means, but I don’t think it meant something good. When I was in college, I got two fortune cookies for lunch one day. The first had nothing inside, and I thought, “That can’t be good.” The second had: **The end will be here soon.** :eek: At that point I went back to my dorm. Not 10 minutes later, I had to go to the basement because of a tornado warning. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/29 "2006-03-14T16:06:18Z")
Mom once got one that was a blank. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022/30 "2006-03-14T17:40:58Z")
> [@jakeline](#): > > This wasn’t me, but I did actually see it. My sister got the following fortune: > > “Try another fortune cookie.” I saw my co-worker’s, which said: “Sorry, wrong cookie.” 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unformatted-fortune-cookies/348022.md?page=1)