RegularDad picked up Chinese food on the way home from work tonight, because he wanted to eat, and according to my calendar, the only way I could have made it home from both an afternoon tea party followed by a mad dash across county lines to the gym for swim lessons in time to cook a meal tonight would have been something even Einstein would have had trouble figuring out.
So – Chinese food it was.
Good deal.
Have you noticed that Chinese places aren’t giving out the right number of fortune cookies anymore? Like, they always seem to give you one LESS than the total number of people you’ll be feeding in front of the TV later on? What’s THAT all about?
Anyway.
Tonight, with a mere three fortune cookies on the table, we gave one to each child, and then RegularDad gave me the third and final cookie. (Because he’s sweet like that.)
“I’ll split it with you,” I told him.
“Okay. I’ll take the cookie half. You take the fortune half.”
“Deal.”
And here’s what my fortune said. Word for word:
Silence is a virtual. Especially
Dinner time, from telemarketers.
So, there you have it. Wise words from some automated fortune cookie writing software that’s apparently come down with something. Not that I didn’t get anything out of it, mind you. From now on, when the kids start acting up, I’ll be able to say to them: Now, now, girls. Don’t forget. Silence is a VIRTUAL.
Eh, maybe I should have held out for the cookie half.
ha,ha! I hope the dinner was good…
My latest fortune cookie was weird: “It is better to be looked than overlooked.” Huh? My husband’s was judgmental: “You always give, but you never give in.” Or maybe that’s a compliment–I’m not sure. Hope you enjoyed your dinner. Now I’m craving sesame chicken, thanks a lot!
Sparklee
I just went for Chinese the other night. My fortune was something to the effect (or is it affect…oh, crud.) of “My new business venture will make me money.” And the other one I had was “Be careful what you wish for.” And they totally contradict themselves. Geesh. Those fortune cookies are bogus, I tell you!
RegularMom, I sense a meme in this. My last fortune cookie (yesterday at PF Changs – YUM!) said, “Life is harder when you get to the summit” What a downer…I mean, why? is the air thinner? Are you tired? (I am) – but honestly, the amount of time I spent trying to find some positive meaning in that fortune is astonishing…and it continues due to your blog. Maybe fortune cookie manufacturers are conspiring to bewilder us all. (I started out relatively bewildered, so I made it easy for them.)
LYS,
RegSis
Ooooh, I like the idea of a fortune cookie meme. And Maria – bummer on the contradiction.
My mom once brought a bag of gag fortune cookies to a party. They all had dirty fortunes in them. She said it was hilarious to watch people open them!
Okay. So I just had to pop over here to look at your little picture (of you) on your blog. Who is that woman? Not like the other picture. Of course maybe that’s by design.
I’m just sayin’ – the photo from the blog is “you” – or at least you when you’re not a giant frog head. {:o Oh dearie! But now that’s not you – or not really the REAL you, you know? Yes, yes, I think you know.
Anyway, sending you some love, you gorgeous cowgirl!
Oh, I forgot. Please feel free to delete these comments. I’d hate for people to know you have a Regular stalker.
Oh well, one can only dream of silence hey? At least you did not have to cook!
Ha, ha!
I can remember quite a few days in my not too distant past when a little virtual silence would have been welcome, LOL.
That’s so true about the Chinese restaurants . . . some of the ones down here actually CHARGE for fortune cookies . . . so we skip them. We just take our chances with the misfortune of the hidden MSG.
http://engrishfunny.com/2009/05/18/engrish-silence-virtual/
i posted this on engrish funny… i got the same fortune!