Golden Bowl Fortune Cookies, as provided by my local purveyor of Chicken and Broccoli, are now becoming a large source of entertainment here in Long Island City. You know, my last “message” from them was quite bossy. And a little creepy, but in a fun way. However, they’ve followed up nicely with the latest directions:
Don’t worry about the world coming to an end. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.
What’s funny is that I read those words just after watching a clip of Wolf Blitzer asking Pat Robertson if the latest natural disasters (Katrina, Pakistan Earthquake, etc.) were a sign that the end of days (i.e. Armaggedon) was near. (As the Daily Show said much more eloquently than I will, nice piece of investigative journalism, Wolf.)
I note that the people at Golden Bowl apparently have, if not a handle on the future, a sparkling way with words. Their motto?
Fortune knocks but once . . .
but Golden Bowl Brand Fortune Cookies knocks three times.
I am not sure what it means, but it makes me think.
The same company that makes these cookies, Wonton Foods, was in the news last May when 110 people won Powerball lotteries across the country after playing numbers in their fortune cookie fortunes. According to this article from Reuters, 4-5 winners is typical, so when there were 110, investigators looked around and found out they’d all got their numbers from a fortune. Apparently some folks are really compelled to obey the fortune cookie. And what’s more, they were right.
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Oh, I ALWAYS listen to my fortune cookies when they give me explicit instructions. Usually they say things like “The sky is the biggest window”, though, which is really difficultt to work with.
ps: seriously, if you’ve found decent chicken & brocolli in the LIC/Astoria neighborhood, please share. I’ve lived out here 10 years with the very saddest of Chinese food options and the LAMEST cookies…
You know, MissB, things are bad around here. A few weeks ago, I would have told you I had a good one. But the same business has now changed, almost overnight. I don’t want to say here (but I will in email if you like). We had the BEST cheap Chinese take-out in our part of LIC, but now the owner seems to have inexplicbly disappeared, leaving the place in the care of people who have absolutely no clue about kitchen hygeine. BAD SCENE. (Tip to restaurant owners: even though you passed the Dept of Health class, don’t assume that every kid you hire to work when you’re not around knows that raw chicken and cooked veggies should not come into contact.)
So we won’t go back until the owner returns. I hope he returns.
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