Fortune Cookie
Anything and Everything about Fortune Cookie
Somewhere in the Pacific
Exploring the world of interpreting, writing fiction, and searching for myself, all from somewhere in the Pacific
 
 
Rules
Have you heard these rules about fortune cookie?
 
Do not grab the cookie closest to you, but the one furthest away when served by the host or hostess.
Source: We received this rule from one of our visitors (thank you!).
 
Contributor: Visitor
Pick a cookie that is most closely "pointing" towards you (i.e. the 2 pointed ends, not the rounded part, is facing you).
Source: We received this rule from one of our visitors (thank you!). This is practiced by the visitor's friend.
 
Contributor: Visitor
if you rip your fortune, it will not come true.
Source: We received this rule from one of our visitors (thank you!).
 
Contributor: Visitor
You have to keep the fortune for it to come true.
Source: We received this rule from one of our visitors (thank you!). Someone told this rule to the visitor, so this rule may already been wide spread.
 
Contributor: Visitor

You cannot look at all the fortunes first, then claim the best one as your own - or give the worst one to someone else.

Source: We received this rule from one of our visitors (thank you!).
 
Contributor: Visitor
After reading the fortune, you must not tell anyone your fortune, and then eat your fortune cookie and put paper on fire for it to come true.
Source: We received this rule from one of our visitors (thank you!).
 
Contributor: Visitor
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.)
Source: We created this rule as a solution to one of frequently asked questions.
 
Contributor: cookiesays.com
If you get 2 fortunes in 1 cookie, they cancel each other out. The fortune from the next cookie is the one you will receive.

Source: This is an original of one of our visitors (thank you!).
 
Contributor: Jeffry Ross
If you text your fortune to one person that is very close, the fortune can come true for both you and the person you texted!

Source: This is an original of one of our visitors (thank you!).
 
Contributor: HF
In order for fortune to work, you cannot tell anyone what it says.

Source: We received this rule from one of our visitors (thank you!).
 
Contributor: Kenneth Cole
You can't look at the fortune until you are done eating the entire cookie.

Source: We received this rule from one of our visitors (thank you!).
Contributor: Debora Atwater
You have to eat the entire cookie in order for the fortune (that came from the cookie) to come true.
Source: We've heard this rule from number of people over the years, and since there seems to be no connection between them (though we cannot be completely sure), we suspect this rule is fairly popular.
You cannot pick your own fortune cookie. (Someone has to give you a cookie)
Update: We received a comment from visitor (thank you!) who has heard this rule before. It seems this rule is a well-established one after all.
Source: So far, we've heard this rule from only one person, but she heard it from someone else, so it may be widely spread than we know.
 
* If you know or heard about any other rules about fortune cookie, please let us know.
* If you want to make up a new rule of your own and have others follow it, feel free to e-mail us the rule. Only the thing we ask is if you made up a rule, please state as such in the e-mail.
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