Anyone else ever have empty Fortune Cookie?

[CynBeth]

I had lunch at a Chinese restaurant yesterday and my Fortune Cookie was empty. Has this happened to anyone? I am afraid it means bad luck. I am a nervous flyer and we fly to Disney on Saturday so my fear has increased that something bad is going to happen.

 

[SandrA9810]

LOL. I had it happen too, but nothing out of the ordinary happened. But I did just get a fortune cookie that's perfect for you.

"Fear is just excitement in need of an attitude adjustment."

 

[SAHDad]

I always heard that, in the event of an empty fortune cookie, "No news is good news." You'll be fine.

 

[DisMN]

I always heard that, in the event of an empty fortune cookie, "No news is good news." You'll be fine.

That's what I've always heard too! Have a wonderful vacation OP!

 

[Princess_Meghan <3]

I had that happen the other day. I thought it meant bad luck, too, but my friends assured me it wasn't.

 

[Imzadi]

Yes. It means your fate is in your own hands! Make of it what you will.

 

[FINFAN]

yeah, I've been gypped before. It stinks. Somehow the cookie doesn't taste as good.

 

[ChristmasElf]

I had that happen the other day. I thought it meant bad luck, too, but my friends assured me it wasn't.

All it means is that the machine that stuffs the paper strip into the fortune cookie wasn't working correctly.

 

[JoBird]

Ooh my DH had this happen to him! He opened his and there was nothing in it- crazy thing was, I opened mine and I had two fortunes inside! Out of all those cookies we got those two.

Have a good trip - I think it just means that you will be the writer of your own destiny!

 

[Carl]

I was going to make a wise crack like "It means you have no future." But, since I see you were serious, be assured that there is nothing really important about those fortunes. Actually, most of them I read are more like wise sayings than fortunes.

 

[golfgal]

Put it this way, have you ever had a fortune from a fortune cookie come true??

 

[Disney845]

I am afraid it means bad luck. I am a nervous flyer and we fly to Disney on Saturday so my fear has increased that something bad is going to happen.

You are aware that fortune cookies are man made in factories, right? They are not some mystical pronouncement from a spiritual being foretelling what is to come in your life.

In fact they are not even really from China, and the concept isn't even that old, late 1800s/early 1900s, starting in CA according to accounts (although exactly by who is a cause for debate as several claim to be the inventor), and loosely based on a Japanese connection.

You might have bad "luck" and/or a bad flight (who is to know) but it most assuredly isn't due to a missing slip of paper in a novelty treat.

Stop worrying and have a great time at Disney!

 

[dngnb8]

I had lunch at a Chinese restaurant yesterday and my Fortune Cookie was empty. Has this happened to anyone? I am afraid it means bad luck. I am a nervous flyer and we fly to Disney on Saturday so my fear has increased that something bad is going to happen.

It is the economy, they cannot afford your fortune.

 

[GoofyTroopOf6]

I just got an empty one at Yak and Yeti last week. My daughter asked for another cookie for me since I didn't get a fortune. I told her she could have my fortune. I didn't want to open another one. I go with the philosophy, No news is good news.

 

[dfchelbay]

I had lunch at a Chinese restaurant yesterday and my Fortune Cookie was empty. Has this happened to anyone? I am afraid it means bad luck. I am a nervous flyer and we fly to Disney on Saturday so my fear has increased that something bad is going to happen.

The first thing that came to mind was Willy Wonka:

"You get nothing, you lose...good day sir"!