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Fortune Cookies and Various Superstitions

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Jedoc wrote: »
    I toss the salt over my shoulder, but only so I can tell the story behind the superstition to anyone who asks. It really changes people's outlooks.

    Bunch of little old Mexican ladies just sitting around. Blinding Satan.

    Shit I don't know this and I now desperately need to

    Straightzi on
  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Graves wrote: »
    The spirits don't give a fuck about specifics.

    Yeah but the devil's in the details.

    Straightzi on
  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    MY grandmother is highly superstitious. I hate it when I have an itch or accidentally drop Silverware. She's crazy when it comes to that shit.

    Auntie Shibby on
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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    It’s true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don’t tell you is that every time you hear a mouse trap snap, an angel gets set on fire.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2008
    I have to eat the whole cookie before reading the fortune, or it won't come true. Or something.

    Once in high school I got "You will excel in the field of biomedical research." This was really true, as I was the person to wreck the curve on the final in AP Bio that year... but I hit a snag on Chem II. :/

    I used to do the "...in bed" thing, and stopped in 2006 with the fortune "Bend the rod while it is still hot" because I quickly realized that nothing would ever top that, and retired the habit.

    ceres on
    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    The Geek wrote: »
    It’s true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don’t tell you is that every time you hear a mouse trap snap, an angel gets set on fire.
    A snap that kills, or one by setting it wrong and getting your fingers caught?

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Ceres, your avatar is adorable.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I've been raised with a handful of superstitions

    You can never put shoes on the table

    You cannot directly pass someone a container of salt- it has to touch the table, then they can pick it up themselves

    and God help you if you open an umbrella indoors

    honestly, the shoe and umbrella things aren't so much superstitions as common sense

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  • mackingtheknifemackingtheknife __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    jermaine and i wanted to own a restaurant and give fortune cookies with really specific things like, say two people are on a date and the girl goes to the bathroom, and we put the fortune cookies out immediately afterwards. the male's would say something like "she didn't flush"

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2008
    The Geek wrote: »
    Ceres, your avatar is adorable.
    Thank you.. it's been with me for years. :)

    ceres on
    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • bowtiedsealbowtiedseal Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I have three fortunes taped to the mirror in my room: you are talented in many ways, you will travel to many exotic places, and you will spend your old age surrounded by comfort and wealth

    my friend got one that said "you will have an alien visitation soon." and now I guess I am going to bed since I am out of battery power

    bowtiedseal on
  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2008
    i'm really farty

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I once got a fortune cookie that had the website where you could buy more cookies.

    No fortune, just the website. It was like a tasty popup.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    You're supposed to eat the cookie, not the fortune.

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    "What's in an empty box?"

    After getting that one night, I didn't get an actual fortune in a fortune cookie for three years.

    Ringo on
    Sterica wrote: »
    I know my last visit to my grandpa on his deathbed was to find out how the whole Nazi werewolf thing turned out.
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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Straightzi wrote: »
    Jedoc wrote: »
    I toss the salt over my shoulder, but only so I can tell the story behind the superstition to anyone who asks. It really changes people's outlooks.

    Bunch of little old Mexican ladies just sitting around. Blinding Satan.

    Shit I don't know this and I now desperately need to

    Apparently, the Devil is always looking over your left shoulder, waiting for you to screw up so that he's allowed to wreck you up and give you bad luck and the like. Since salt was a valuable substance in its own right and considered one of the purest substances, being careless enough to spill it was a pretty significant screw-up. So you throw it over your shoulder so that it gets in Satan's eyes and blinds him before he can see what you did.

    An interesting and slightly creepier variant involves eyelashes. If you wipe your eye and come back with an eyelash stuck to your finger, you're supposed to try to shake it off over your left shoulder while making a wish. If the eyelash is gone on the first try, your wish will come true.

    It seems ol' Scratch has a thing for eyelashes. I guess he collects them? Bargaining with the Devil for wishes using parts of your own body always struck me as unwise business practice, but whatever.

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  • BearstranautBearstranaut Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    The devil loves things

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I was insulted by a fortune cookie not too long ago.

    "Good clothes open many doors. Go shopping."


    Well fuck you too, cookie.

    DrZiplock on
  • BearstranautBearstranaut Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    I was insulted by a fortune cookie not too long ago.

    "Good clothes open many doors. Go shopping."


    Well fuck you too, cookie.

    "There is something in your teeth - I have placed a toothpick under your seat for this very moment. Also, a car will pull up to the front door in five minutes - do not worry about the check. Get inside, and await further instructions."

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    You ever try and draw Falcor as a giant dong? No? It just ends up looking like a long cyclops.
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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Remember the Rocko's Modern Life episode about fortune cookies?


    You will die.

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  • Reverend RaucousReverend Raucous Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I wonder what kind of degree it takes to pursue writing fortunes, professionally.

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  • IskanderIskander Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    THIS WAS MY FORTUNE COOKIE FOR THE NEW YEAR

    FUCK YEAH BOSOM OF LUXURY!

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I think they're mostly Engrish majors.

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Jedoc wrote: »
    I think they're mostly Engrish majors.

    I like you, kid.

    Sheri on
  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Fortune cookies aren't Chinese.

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    The notes found inside fortune cookies are printed with the ink of lies and crushed hopes.

    J3p on
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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Putting shoes on the table is just fucking rude anyway.

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I hate people who take their shoes off while in the restaurant

    it's just weird

    Javen on
  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Sheri wrote: »
    NOT SANITARY

    I mean christ, it's common fucking sense.

    Mysst on
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  • Reverend RaucousReverend Raucous Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    J3p wrote: »
    The notes found inside fortune cookies are printed with the ink of lies and crushed hopes.


    and occasionally, for promotional purposes, the blood of Gene Simmons

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I got the greatest fortune cookie fortune ever one time

    "You would prosper in the field of wacky inventions."

    I swear to God that's what it said

    I think I still have it in my coat pocket

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Olivaw wrote: »
    I got the greatest fortune cookie fortune ever one time

    "You would prosper in the field of wacky inventions."

    I swear to God that's what it said

    I think I still have it in my coat pocket
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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Remember the Rocko's Modern Life episode about fortune cookies?


    You will die.

    Bad luck and extreme misfortune will infest your pathetic soul for all eternity.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Druhim wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    I got the greatest fortune cookie fortune ever one time

    "You would prosper in the field of wacky inventions."

    I swear to God that's what it said

    I think I still have it in my coat pocket
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    Exactly what I thought when I read it

    Best fortune ever

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  • cheshirecheshire Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Javen wrote: »
    I hate people who take their shoes off while in the restaurant

    it's just weird

    Who takes their shoes off in a resturant? That is weird.

    Also, for some reason this reminded me of sushi and now I wish I had money for some good sushi.

    cheshire on
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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I really really want some pho for lunch. I will have to settle for vending machine chips. yargh. c'mon friday, just end already.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Mostly fat women

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I could go for some pizza, and by god I will have my pizza

    Javen on
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