Fortune cookies lose their romance after complaints from parents

New York Post ^ | February 10, 2013 | GARY BUISO

[ConservativeStatement]

Romance is dead — in your fortune cookie!

The world’s largest fortune-cookie manufacturer has cut the heart out of its confections, removing romantic messages in response to complaints from parents of young children.

“Some parents sent us e-mails. They said they didn’t want their kids reading them,” said Derrick Wong, a VP at Brooklyn-based Wonton Food. “Different people have a different perspective.”

[ConservativeStatement]

This reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode with William Shattner in the diner.

[Jonty30]

Twilight zone is correct. Unless the fortune cookie messages are explicitly erotic, there is nothing wrong with a child seeing a love message and being puzzled, or perhaps grossed out.

[dfwgator]

A little trick I learned was to add the words “in bed” to the end of any fortune cookie saying.

[Tax-chick]

What’s wrong with parents these days? How about telling your child, “This isn’t relevant to you,” and dropping it?

[illiac]

Gotta remember....most of them are low information people...someone has to tell them what to tell their children...(s)

[thoolou]

Actual parenting? Pshaw. What would you know about that? ;)

[Rebel_Ace]

Mommy, the cookie says my dinner comes with “Happy Ending”, does that mean dessert?

[04-Bravo]

One of my buddies once opened a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant. It read, “Soon, and with a young man.”

[JohnG45]

From another post: Mommy, the cookie says my dinner comes with “Happy Ending” ... ?

Happy Ending (in bed)!

Hey, I'll have to remember that.

[pleasedontzotme]

It so works.

Even if the first time I heard it, my fortune was, “All is not lost.”

[fidelis]

Next to be banned:

[Rebel_Ace]

My family often gets Chinese take out. We get a kick out of the “English as a second language” phrases that we find in the cookies they include in the order.

[fidelis]

I remember distinctly being a small kid in the 60’s and running across “adult” stuff like this. We’d just giggle or roll our eyes, then forget about it move on with our lives. Sheesh.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

If you ever visit San Fran, tour the Fortune Cookie Factory in Chinatown. "Factory" makes you think of a huge plant, right? This one will disabuse you of that notion...it's no bigger than an elongated bedroom. But you can eat all the remnants you can carry! My kids always enjoyed a brief drop-in when we went to the city.

[Tax-chick]

Why make the effort to send an email and carry on, when all you have to do is say, “It doesn’t matter. Eat the cookie.”?

[Shimmer1]

I remember you writing that here once, it’s a hilarious idea and we had lots of fun with it.

[mrs. a]

When my younger sister was about seven years old, she made a “cootie catcher” with fortunes inside. Remember those?

One of the fortunes was “You will die someday.”

Good times, good times...

[UnwashedPeasant]

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I always told Amy that the waiter had made a mistake and had given her my cookie, or her mother’s.

[WKUHilltopper]

I long for the day when one cracks open a fortune cookie with the message of: Whiners. Piss off!