Frequently Asked Questions
Believe it or not, I do get email from people about this site. Here is my attempt to save some folks the trouble of writing.
What is all this?
It's a website, rather amateurish, built to display fortune cookie fortunes that don't come across like their authors probably intended.
Why does this site exist?
I never really thought anybody would be interested. I simply got bored one day and decided to set up a small website for the sole purpose of playing with HTML. I needed a subject. I found the stupidity fortune sitting underneath a book. One thing led to another. Now I have to keep updating the thing at least once in a while because people have been reading it. This is what is known as "painting yourself into a corner".
Are you really into fortune cookies or something?
I don't care for fortune cookies.
Why haven't you updated the website in so long?
Because it doesn't feed the hungry, house the homeless, or contribute to world peace.
Do any of your other activities do those things?
Um...
Can I send you a fortune I found?
Yes. A digital photo or scan is fine. But I'm only interested in weird ones, like errors in translation or total nonsense. Fortunes that are obviously intended to be jokes, or are just mildly amusing, don't count (with a few exceptions). If you send me a fortune you just thought was cute or poignant then I will probably go "awww" and then ignore it.
This would be an example of a submission I CAN'T use.
Funny maybe, but this isn't funnyfortunecookies.com.
How long will it be before you update the site again?
I've gone as long as three years without touching the site, so no promises.
Will this site ever have an RSS feed?
Okay nobody really asked me that, I just think RSS is cool. No, the site isn't updated often enough.
I got a fortune that was totally blank, nothing written on it at all. What does it mean?
You're reading the back. Turn it over.
No, seriously, there's nothing written on either side. What's it mean?
It doesn't mean anythi It means that if you win the lottery you should give me half of the money.
Have you heard of the game where you add the words "in bed" to the end of a fortune?
Yes.
Do you know you can add the words "in bed" to the end when you read a fortune?
I heard that.
I think it's fun to play a little game. After reading a fortune, I add the words "in bed". Ever hear of anybody else doing that?
I believe I have heard of it, yes.
Know about the "in bed" trick?
Yep.
Do you play that "in bed" game where you add the words "in bed" to the end of a fortune when you read it?
Sigh.
My friend told me about this funny thing he does when he reads fortune cookies. He puts the phrase "in bed" at the end, so it sounds like the fortune is talking about something you'd do in bed.
How about that.
In bed in bed in bed in bed in bed in bed!
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