We ate at a Asian restaurant. When they brought out the fortune cookies, mine didn’t have one in it. I jokingly asked for another one. She brought it, and THAT one didn’t have a fortune either. I said “Am I dying?”
When I’m with friends, I like to open mine, look surprised, and read “Help, I’m being held prisoner in a Chinese bakery!”. They always laugh, but a friend’s teenage daughter thought I was serious.
I’m disappointed! Nobody translated the Chinese in the first panel. Compact four-word aphorisms are a part of Chinese culture; example, “one picture, thousand words”.
The second character is ‘woman’, the third is ‘mother’, the fourth means something like ‘work’, but I have no idea what the first is or what they all mean together or even what order they are read in. I could try to look the first character up in a Chinese/English dictionary, but they are based on brush-stroke or radical order, and I would spend all night trying to figure either out. (The red writing says, literally, “rat year”, though poorly written.)
Dirty Dragon over 4 years ago
What about a Galapagos tortoise?
Johnny Q Premium Member over 4 years ago
Remember the way to improve any fortune cookie message: Add the two words “…in bed”!
WaitingMan over 4 years ago
I remember when fortune cookies actually contained fortunes. These days, it’s just platitudes and lottery numbers.
Darryl Heine over 4 years ago
Hope they don’t get CORNOVIRUS!
tcayer over 4 years ago
We ate at a Asian restaurant. When they brought out the fortune cookies, mine didn’t have one in it. I jokingly asked for another one. She brought it, and THAT one didn’t have a fortune either. I said “Am I dying?”
pony21 Premium Member over 4 years ago
The New Year is off to a great start; wonderful to see the Wallets again!
TracyFan 65 over 4 years ago
“Who can I ask? There’s no one older than me!”. Ain’t that the truth!
Don Bagert Premium Member over 4 years ago
“You each want the senior discount? I’m afraid you’ll have to show some proof of age.” LOL j/k
drycurt over 4 years ago
I always seem to get the one that says, “Stop eating! Pay your bill and get out!”
omegasupreme over 4 years ago
finally some walt and skeezix no rufus and joel just the original cast
JD'Huntsville'AL over 4 years ago
Yep, right on. “Fortune” cookies stopped having fortunes in them years ago.
kab2rb over 4 years ago
To us fortunate cookies make not much sense, not certain philosophy?
Brian Premium Member over 4 years ago
I got one a few years ago: “Your financial life will be secure and beneficial.” Yay.
Ed Brault Premium Member over 4 years ago
My favorite is from Teahouse of the August Moon:
Pain Make man think,Thought make man wise,Wisdom make life endurable.
Sue G over 4 years ago
When I’m with friends, I like to open mine, look surprised, and read “Help, I’m being held prisoner in a Chinese bakery!”. They always laugh, but a friend’s teenage daughter thought I was serious.
BlitzMcD over 4 years ago
Walt’s “fortune” subtly underscores what a fallacy those so called fortune cookies are. Time for a sermon on the subject from their Pastor Present.
pschearer Premium Member over 4 years ago
I’m disappointed! Nobody translated the Chinese in the first panel. Compact four-word aphorisms are a part of Chinese culture; example, “one picture, thousand words”.
The second character is ‘woman’, the third is ‘mother’, the fourth means something like ‘work’, but I have no idea what the first is or what they all mean together or even what order they are read in. I could try to look the first character up in a Chinese/English dictionary, but they are based on brush-stroke or radical order, and I would spend all night trying to figure either out. (The red writing says, literally, “rat year”, though poorly written.)
pschearer Premium Member over 4 years ago
Strange. GoComics would not allow me to post the above when I had the word ‘worker’ in it.