Friday, September 4, 2009

How About These Cookies

So on Mona Lott's recommendation I had General Tso's for lunch. My fortune is as follows:




WTF? "but that's okay.."??

First of all, black blogs of sorrow aside, I am a steely eyed retired super hero. I know you all think I'm all mopey and whiney in real life. But I am a master exaggerator. Or not. But you wouldn't want to play poker with me. I'm that good at holding it deep inside.

So yes... I am annoyed that the cookie is patronizing me. "that's okay..." with a little pat on the head for good luck.

I'm annoyed, but I ain't showing it.

Why don't I get these cookies?

14 comments:

  1. I've gone through a lot of cookies myself trying to snag that last fortune.

    It really is okay you know ;)

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  2. That's all it said?!

    Man, it pisses me off when I get a lame fortune cookie. -But how was the chicken?

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  3. @cynthia- I think I might bend a little on the patronizing thing if my fortune was the latter instead of the former.

    @Mona Lott- I'm spoiled. There is this one place that is near my old job and too far away that makes the world's best General Tsos. But this was passable.

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  4. If the cookies actually tasted okay I might take their "fortunes" more seriously. Maybe it's just me.

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  5. @Liza... you make an excellent point.

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  6. Wow that WAS totally
    *makes L on forehead*
    I got one recently that said "This is going to be the best day of your life. Again."
    Thought that was wicked cool.

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  7. @Happy... that's exactly what I said.

    @JustLD... this is par for my Charlie Brown life.

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  8. Just saw the viscious circles thing there. I hate those!

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  9. Somewhere deep down, I hate the word "okay". It's trite, bland, and nearly meaningless. It's almost as grating to my nerves as the word "hate". :)

    Next time, eat the cookie without removing the fortune. Eat it whole. Maybe THEN the essence of okay will have a meaning to your gut, if not to your mind.

    (Go get your cape from the cleaners - I believe the mothball smell is gone...)

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  10. all i see is cookies.

    that is not a metaphor.

    really, where are the fortunes you apparently can all see???

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  11. @megan. you have to click in the middle of the cookie.

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  12. oh....


    just like in "real life"... you've got to break the cookie to see the fortune.

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