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Keith
Keith
Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:03pm

I bet most of us would love to get a fortune cookie like that for real!

Tonio Kruger
Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:23pm

And Yoda’s baker no doubt has a fortune cookie which says, “Try or not try, there is no dough”…

Brian
Brian
Sat, Mar 13, 2010 12:04am

@MaryAnn: Yes! I got the same one a while back: See my response to the fortune cookie post of 2/27.

@Tonio: You rock.

tweeks
tweeks
Sat, Mar 13, 2010 12:52am

One of my classmates claimed to have gotten, “That wasn’t duck…”

Remy Michael
Remy Michael
Sat, Mar 13, 2010 3:19am

“Do or not not: there is no try.”

. . . in bed.

Bill
Bill
Sat, Mar 13, 2010 7:55am

Had Chinese last night. They did not include a fortune cookie in my order. Honestly, I might not get out of bed today.

Tonio Kruger
Sat, Mar 13, 2010 2:12pm

@Tonio: You rock.

Thank you.

MaryAnn
MaryAnn
Sun, Mar 14, 2010 2:16am

Had Chinese last night. They did not include a fortune cookie in my order.

I *hate* when that happens…

Bluejay
Sun, Mar 14, 2010 12:15pm

As an aside–fortune cookies apparently do not come from China. People in China seem to think they’re weird.

Jennifer 8. Lee’s TED talk has more…

MaryAnn
MaryAnn
Sun, Mar 14, 2010 12:19pm

I thought everyone knew the non-Chinese origin of fortune cookies by this point…

Dr. Rocketscience
Dr. Rocketscience
Sun, Mar 14, 2010 3:46pm

Do or do not: there is no try

except in bed.