Saturday, February 23, 2008

And your fortune is...

So here is what happens to most of us at a Chinese restaurant after we have finished our meal...

The waiter/waitress brings us out a plate or tray of fortune cookies which usually looks something like this:

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Then everyone grabs a cookie, not really because they want to eat it, but more importantly because they want to see what the future holds.  So we then rip open our cookies, pull out the little white papers, and take turns reading what's soon to come.  We hope for love, success, fortune, health, etc. but usually end up reading something like this:

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What?

I didn't know I had a creative side?

What social skills?

I didn't think I underestimated myself?

My point here is they never seem to apply to us and sometimes you get ones that aren't even fortunes at all. They tell you things like, "Those who know you admire you for your sense of humor".  Great!  Now where's my fortune?

 

Then there's Matt (A.K.A. "Golden Boy" as some of his friends like to refer to him)

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Fortune cookie rules don't seem to apply to him.  First of all he doesn't grab his fortune cookie like everyone else.  Instead he waits patiently as everyone else takes their cookie and then takes the last one on the plate.  He thinks somehow 'Divine Intervention' is at work here..."This is THE cookie/fortune I was meant to have."  Then he cracks open his cookie to find this:

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Okay, maybe not exactly.

But he does find this:

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and another one, that I couldn't find in his wallet, but he did carry around in there for a LONG time, just to remind me of it, was:

"You are the greatest in the world."

Now who else does this happen to?  Not me that's for sure!  I want to know if there is anyone out there who get's cookies/fortunes like my "Golden Boy", or if the rest of you get ones like myself? 

4 comments:

Linda Kelly said...

Funny you should mention the old fortune cookie thing. We ate at a new Buffet that was really good and it was chinese, mixed with the usual good stuff. Even had a fresh sushi area and mongolian BBQ area. Anyway, the meal was over and they brought out the fortune cookies and I of course had to pick mine first, I don't know why, I just don't like anyone pushing forturnes my way. My fortune was so lame I didn't even read it aloud to the company we were with!! Just a stupid saying and nothing exciting at all. I can't believe the fortune that Matt received!! How funny is that???? Well, I guess I have learned to not grab for my fortune cookie so fast and just let fate come my way!!!

Julia Kelly said...

That is funny because jacob always gets fortunes like that one too...i can't remember any off hand but i do think he saved some of them in his wallet for a while. me? no such luck.

Anonymous said...

How can you beat the "you will soon achieve perfection." fortune? That is awesome. You better frame that bad boy

Jacob

Marbear said...

I heard you guys had an awesome weekend! I saw a video and some pictures as well! glad you guys had fun! Love you!