How to Over-think a Fortune Cookie

Lee's Kitchen. Something about that place makes food taste good. Some of the best Chinese food I've ever eaten has come from there. And like any other Chinese restaurant, they give you fortune cookies with the bill.

I don't know about anyone else, but I love fortune cookies. They're epic to me. Not only do they taste good, but it's fun to brush up on my Chinese in the back of the fortune. Some of my worst rants have been because the pinyin on the fortune was spelled wrong. (Pinyin, for non-Chinese speakers, is the pronunciation of a character written in English.).

But back on topic. Today, I was finishing up a meal at Lee's when our cookies came out. My niece and her friend were quick to grab their cookies, tossing the last one to me. Each of them had a great fortune talking about how they'll be successful in life and business. Then came mine...

"A balding man asked his barber, "Why you charge me full price?"

BOOM! Time to figure out what the hell that fortune meant! Like a switch flipped in my head to try to decipher this little piece of paper. Was it a way of asking why I'm here? Could it be a way of telling me it's time for a change? Maybe it was some insanely veiled way of telling me to challenge the system! Or maybe it was one of those things where I'd have to go on some epic quest fighting monsters, saving people, and becoming a hero to the world!

Or maybe it was just a piece of paper. Sometimes a horse is just a horse. Sometimes a paper is just a paper.

And fun fact. Chinese Fortune Cookies are made in America.