Having dined on Chinese food last evening, my dessert was held for this morning's breakfast. Carefully opening the Fortune Cookie, so as not to tear the document inside, I removed it for what would normally be a cursory view. The small paper said “Egg Roll” in English and with some Chinese symbols pronounced “chun juan”, the Mandarin or Cantonese lesson was complete for today. Reversing the paper for my fortune it stated, “Don’t kiss an elephant on the lips today”. Well, no trips to the zoo were in the schedule, so contemplation was in order for its application. I had intentions of personally following those instructions but headlines in the news media seemed to indicate some were giving other impressions.
