Fortune Fail

12 Responses to Fortune Fail

1. L on November 27th, 2009 at 12:49 pm

   I wish I could think of a way of describing to you this fail to you, but it seems my mind seems to be going in circles it seems.

   I smell a translator bot.

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2. J on November 27th, 2009 at 1:58 pm

   While it may take a second reading, the sentence is grammatically correct.

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3. alanna on November 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

   fail blog fail. makes perfect sense.

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4. Hmm on November 28th, 2009 at 5:48 am

   But what does it meeeeeannnnn? Grammar sure, but I just don’t get it!

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5. Dr Nick on November 29th, 2009 at 6:39 am

   Its perfectly correct. Its not a fail. You just have to strive towards being the kind of person you want to be thought of.

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6. Dr Nick on November 29th, 2009 at 6:40 am

   as.

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7. Scooby Don't on November 29th, 2009 at 9:50 am

   Also, there, too?

   

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8. Doug117 on November 30th, 2009 at 9:18 am

   want to be thought of (as) …. pul-leeze!

   This is awkward at best — in English, we don’t end sentences or phrases with prepositions (or conjunctions, etc.).

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9. Metalnoir on December 1st, 2009 at 11:14 am

   I agree with Doug117: although it seems clumsy-though-correct, it’s actually clumsy-and-questionable. That said, it’s a fortune-cookie fortune: I don’t believe I have ever seen one which isn’t clumsy-at-best.

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10. Spanish Translator on December 11th, 2009 at 10:39 am

    I love how most fortune cookies don’t even contain fortunes. This comes from what I like to call an “advice cookie.”

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11. pupukis on December 15th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    my brain hurts now…

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12. Gunny on November 11th, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    Hey, Doug. Did you know that “be” is not a preposition? Or a conjunction? It IS an “etc.”, however. Verbs are etceteras, right?

    The sentence, and the fortune, are perfectly grammatical and understandable.

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