What's your fortune cookie?
 

Bah. I was just thinking... what if fortune cookies told us a real, unique future? What do you think yours would say?

mine: "You will be crushed by old friends jumping on you at nats this year"

"It's a good thing you're illiterate."

"History is important, but don't forget the future."

"trial and error..."

I've got one here that I actually got out of a cookie:

"You would make a good lawyer"

Agh! No!
...Then I went and broke the code and opened another cookie from our take-out bag and it said:

"You will live a long and fruitful life"

Those two don't go together do they?
If there was one for me though it would say:

"42.1"

After my little adventure on the Baltimore/Washington Parkway today, I would have to say my fortune is:

"Never, ever take anything for granted, especially your brakes..."


Heidi

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just lost another one of my nine lives, only six left now

off topic....
 

hmmmmm, sounds interesting....

is it something that i'm going to wake up and read about in the paper tomorrow?
can't be too bad, you survived it (and can still type)...

"Beware of those you trust; for they will become evil doers against you."

Re: off topic....
 

If by interesting, you mean scary, then it was probably the most interesting thing I've ever done. I managed to pull my car onto the shoulder before I hit anything and I rode it out, and when it slowed down to about 3 miles an hour, something in the brake kicked in and stopped it. Other than the pure fear when I hit my brakes and nothing happened, the worse part was waiting in the car (turned off because of burning smell) in 97 degrees (heat index about 107) for 40 minutes for my friend to get there (I was closer to her house than home). I know why the brakes went (and I'm sheepishly refusing to say why) and now I'm waiting to hear from the mechanic to see if there was any permanent damage done, so my fortune for today is:

"Even small errors can be very costly."

Heidi

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oh well, at least it answered one question I've always wondered about

"PI LOVE YOU!!"

:DDD Because Pi loves EVERYONE.

"Get a life"


I really need to heed that one. And, of course, the over-used classic

"That wasn't chicken"

I know team 233 passed out customized robot ones at UCF i didnt get any but i saw them and my brother told me about it.

My mother said she and her friends always said "between the sheets" and me and my friends always used "in bed" so I guess this is something that has been around for a long time!

Heidi

i just got one...
it says i will overcome all obsticles in my way

mmmm
 

i wish mine woudl say

"dont mind you rmom's excessive nagging, your dad obsessive shouting, enjoy yout life"

the problem is, i mind.

"these words have no inner message; yet you read me like an ancient prophecy"

Re: What's your fortune cookie?
 

"Do not be afraid of computers. Be afraid of the lack of them."

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"Lucky is coming your way."

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Mine would say...

"Too bad you didnt open me sooner, I would have told you that your life was going to be taken over by robots!"

or

"Dont worry, be happy"

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"You will have a party."

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I got a funny fortune once:
"If you mess with a squirrel's nuts, prepare to get bitten." :D

As well, I have a robotics story involving fortune cookies...

We ordered chinese and had a whole bag of cookies, and one guy on our team takes one and he opens it. It says, "The love of your life is right in front of you." He looked up and saw another guy on our team... Then another guy opened one that said, "The love of your life is hidden from your eyes." Looks beyond the thing in front of him and sees the same guy.

It ended up in a conversation of love triangles and squirrels. :rolleyes:

And of course we got back to building our robot! :D