Onions and water lilies

Alas! The onion you are eating is someone else's water lily.

“I’ve been diagnosed with aquatic floral halitosis.”

“Say what?”

“Don’t ask.”

10 comments on “Onions and water lilies”

  1. Weird, my friend got this exact same fortune a few weeks ago!


  2. OMG! THAT’S AWESOME!!!


  3. I think it is suppose to be one of those “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” kinda things. Definitely a more interesting way of putting it though.


  4. wow, my ex-boyfriend got a similar fortune about… 7 years ago? It said “the onion you are eating is another man’s lotus”


  5. i think the water lily and onion are actually related, so it sort of makes sense


  6. Or are they just suggesting that you raided a poor person’s garden?


  7. aw that’s sweet. in a confuddling way.


  8. I’m writing this story, the title is “Tasting Water Lilies” (c)2008 I wanted to find out how I could incoorperate the title to the acuall story and I came across the thing about the fourntune cookie. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! I finally know how the story ends and why it’s called “Tasting Water Lilies”. THANKS A MILL…;)


  9. no wonder my cheeseburger tastes like crap.


  10. I’ve received this one too. Though I understand what it implies I couldn’t help thinking perhaps there is a sad person out there that misses their flowers I mistakenly consumed due to my poor taste buds and blindness.

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