My new game for Fortune cookies

[desfido]

I was having lunch with baranoouji at Joe's Noodle House after a geology lecture at UMD - College Park. I had mentioned that I had gotten about 9 "You would make a good lawyer" fortunes. So I opened my fortune, and read aloud, "You will have a long and wealthy life." To which baranoouji responded, "... as a lawyer." I will now add this after all fortune cookie

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[rbandrews]

I have clipped to my whiteboard at work the fortune "your modesty will shame those with lesser knowledge". It fits the "as lawyers" pattern.

[desfido]

And it's funny in a much more subtle and better way than "in bed".

Of course, the irony* of that one is hilarious on its own. Which I guess is why you saved it.

*Maybe "irony" isn't exactly the right term, as none of the words are used opposite of the way they literally mean. But it's not a contradiction in terms, exactly, since the paradox concerns whether you believe it. Bah. I'm sticking with "irony" for now - I spend enough time worrying about this crap for English papers this semester, I'm not doing it for LJ entries and comments, too.

[rbandrews]

I know what you mean, and that's exactly why I saved it, and exactly why I pinned it up at work.