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THE BEST CHINESE FORTUNES YOU'VE EVER FOUND INSIDE A COOKIE! |
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Joined: Nov 4, 2007
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico Posts: 23
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Nov 6, 2009 - 20 39 |
Hi! A call for submissions: my book involves Chinese Fortunes from cookies, and while I have saved a ridiculous amount of them over the years, I would LOVE to hear others' most profound/humorous/esoteric fortunes? Thanks! I think my winner, and VERY applicable to Nano is: "He who has imagination but no discipline, has wings but no feet." |
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Nov 7, 2009 - 05 15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m22L1XllRg
----------"the difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."
- mark twain
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Nov 7, 2009 - 07 33
"There is no substitute for good manners- except, maybe, good reflexes."
"Spped is a pooor sustitue fo acuracy."
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Nov 7, 2009 - 08 02
"It is a nice day :)"
The :) was part of it.
----------07 - the paxtangbo; or the birth, death, and violent emotions of arnold nawrocki and others like him (WINNER)
09 - the adventures of panda bear, the magic talking snake
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Nov 7, 2009 - 09 45
I think some really bored guy made my best one: "This fortune is not true."
LOL.
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Nov 7, 2009 - 09 48
I once got a slip that said "Learn Chinese" and included a chinese phrase. As a foreign language language major, this seemed terribly appropriate, perhaps even the best fortune I'd ever gotten.
The friend I was eating with then informed me that I was an idiot, that I was reading the back of the fortune, and flipped over the slip to read some perfectly generic fortune.
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Nov 7, 2009 - 10 09
The friend I was eating with then informed me that I was an idiot, that I was reading the back of the fortune, and flipped over the slip to read some perfectly generic fortune.
XD That's awesome.
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Nov 7, 2009 - 17 14
"Love."
That was the best fortune cookie I've ever gotten. Just. "Love."
(I was kinda hoping that the "Learn Chinese" side of "Love" would actually have "Love" translated into Chinese, but it had just a random generic other word on the other side, so that part was a bit disappointing. But still...)
----------LIT FIC
SRS BZNS
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Nov 7, 2009 - 17 15
"You will become a famous writer."
'Nuff said. :)
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Nov 7, 2009 - 22 00
THANKS NANOERS>These are great! My friends are getting PRITTAY tired of my opening the cookie, and I mean EVERY time we eat Chinese, and me getting a puzzled look and reading: "Help! I am being held captive in a fortune cookie factory...."
It never gets old....
"Soon. In the company of a dark stranger."
----------WRITE OR PERISH!!!!
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Nov 7, 2009 - 22 05
"You are the guiding star of his existence."
...What?
Even better, my brother's totally straight best friend got it when he was eating dinner with us. It was a deliciously awkward moment from my vantage point. :D
----------What am I doing still awake?
...Oh wait.
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Nov 7, 2009 - 22 25
My favorite was the one in French on one side, English on the other (perhaps originally written for a Canadian audience?).
The French side:
Vos yeux délicieux, voire dynamiques, ont fait naître un admirateur mystérieux.
The English side:
Your dynamic eyes have attracted a secret admirer.
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Nov 8, 2009 - 04 49
I found this one, which I kept because I really like it:
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao Tzu
I didn't find these, but I may use them if I make my own fortune cookies:
----------- None of the secrets of success will work unless you do.
- A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood.
- The greatest danger could be your stupidity.
- You can always find happiness at work on Friday.
- A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
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Nov 8, 2009 - 07 40
My favorite was
"art is the accomplice of love"
But I also enjoyed, for entirely different reasons...
----------"Get your mints in a circle, do not haste any longer"
The heart remembers all too well what the mind has tried so hard to forget...
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Nov 8, 2009 - 10 55
I once got one that said "You would prosper in the field of wacky inventions." It's a career path I'd never considered before... and I still think it's hilarious.
A more poignant one I got once said "Your lover will never find a reason to leave." Of course, my twisted brain kind of think that sounds ominous. ;)
Let's see, I also had one that said "You will lighten another's heart."
Normally I wouldn't remember all of these, but I tend to stick interesting fortunes in my purse and I was recently looking through it.
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Nov 9, 2009 - 10 53
A typo was involved, but the fortune said, "You are the mast of every situation."
It was supposed to say master of every situation.
I love it.
I collect fortune cookie sayings, so here are a few others I have:
"Do not be afraid of computers, be afraid of the lack of them." (Haha...my second favorite).
"Most of the year you are as happy as a clam at high tide."
"Don't let statistics do a number on you."
"If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall."
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Nov 9, 2009 - 21 31
my favorite that i've kept near to me because it's so true: "travel to new places can change your view on life"
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Nov 10, 2009 - 08 58
My absolute favorite, which I carry around in my purse, is "Nobody can be exactly like you."
My second-favorite is "Your silence at this time is valued." Haha!
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Nov 11, 2009 - 09 32
My favorite of all time is: "Alas! That chestnut you are eating may be someone else's water lily."
Sage advice, although I believe I was having General Tso's chicken at the time...
----------The Cyanotic Organization: Whining about NaNoWriMo since 2003!
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Nov 11, 2009 - 09 41
"You will be hungry later. Get take out!"
Not kidding!
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Nov 11, 2009 - 21 52
These are so great and helpful> Thanks to all! Geez, I guess I am not the only person wo carries these little nuggets o' wisdom around in the wallet? Good to know! Keep 'em coming and good luck to us all!
"Your hard work is about to pay off." < that one is taped to the table by my computer:0
----------WRITE OR PERISH!!!!
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Nov 12, 2009 - 02 18
Okay, this one simply owned the pants off of any other fortune cookie message I've ever heard...
"Confucius says: Do not rule your life on some silly piece of paper."
----------ΩPR!
2008: 'We, the Disappeared' - Win
2009: 'Chaos and Other Theories" - Promising