What are misfortune cookies?

These cookies are like a left hook: because you can be sure that they won’t predict eternal love or unimaginable wealth. The messages are crude, truthful and direct – the glimpse into the future brutally honest and pessimistic. So you’re left with no choice but to take them with a sense of humour.

Are fortune cookie fortunes real?

As for predicting the future, no, fortune cookies don’t have special powers of foresight. The fortune cookie you open at a Chinese restaurant came into your hands randomly. If it happens to contain a fortune that comes true, it’s just coincidence. Besides, many fortunes don’t even predict the future.

What happens if you don’t eat your fortune cookie?

If there is no fortune in a fortune cookie, it is a sign that something good will happen to you soon. (Because fortune-cookie-fairy owes you one fortune.)

What does it mean if you get two fortunes in one cookie?

If there is no fortune in a fortune cookie, it is a sign that something good will happen to you soon. Two Fortunes in Your Fortune Cookie. Opinion #1: The fortunes cancel each other out, and you receive no fortune. Opinion #2: The fortune on top counts.

Are you supposed to eat the fortune cookie?

Well , actually no!! Since usually in Chinese restaurants a fortune cookie comes for free, we don’t tend to eat the cookie, we usually break open the cookie and look for our fortune.

What should I put in my fortune teller?

Fortunes you can use:

You will get an “A” on a test.
You will be rich.
You will have very good luck today.
You will have many friends.
Do a good deed today.
Someone will call you today.
You will go to a party soon.
Be careful on Tuesday.

How do you play with a paper fortune teller?

To play the standard version, ask your favorite color and then flap the fortune teller open one way, then the other way spelling out the color (ex: B L U E) Page 2 • ask which number they want and then count out the number, again flapping the fortune teller back and forth.