Miami welcoming Yao Ming with... fortune cookies?

Long_Long_Name · 12-23-2002, 10:25 PM

Taken from La Presse, a Montréal newspaper, Friday Dec 20th:

"We often find that Americans have a really open mind about the rest of the world. In Miami, to highlight the recent visit of Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets, the Heat distributed... 8000 fortune cookies. Class act."

Bad move by the Heat I'd say... it's a real insult,, if I were Ming or Chinese I'd be even more pissed than I am right now. It would be like giving every fan at a Chinese sporting event where there would be one american player a Big Mac. (By the way, McDonald's is losing money

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AsTrOFaN · 12-23-2002, 10:54 PM

Most restaraunts don't serve fortune cookies in China anyways, so he was probably a bit confused...

Juvydriver · 12-26-2002, 06:52 AM

McDonalds drives me crazy. I can never understand why, if I'm the only person in the drive-thru, and there are very few people inside, why in the world it takes me 20 minutes to get my order.

They are redefining fast food.

fantom1979 · 12-26-2002, 06:59 AM

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Originally posted by Juvydriver
McDonalds drives me crazy. I can never understand why, if I'm the only person in the drive-thru, and there are very few people inside, why in the world it takes me 20 minutes to get my order.

They are redefining fast food.

Humm.. Mcdonalds is pretty fast near where i live, white castle is the slow one here.

bigphesta · 12-26-2002, 01:19 PM

It's sad you know that the Castle is slow... that means you ACTUALLY eat there! Ugh!

scprideandms · 12-26-2002, 01:25 PM

Man, the only bad thing bout livin in the South is NO WHITE CASTLES!!!!

cougar · 12-26-2002, 03:30 PM

But if you live in Texas you get to eat Whataburger. Good stuff although it takes awhile to get through their drive-thru.

Dwolfson20 · 12-26-2002, 04:27 PM

I'm from Omaha and have never heard of White Castle. Am I missing out?

Modern Relic · 12-26-2002, 04:35 PM

Yes.

kingfc22 · 12-26-2002, 06:33 PM

You're all missing out if you haven't had In-N-Out Burgers

Rizon · 12-26-2002, 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by Juvydriver

They are redefining fast food.

Actually, executives in the food industry (no lie) are now calling their business "Quick Serve" instead of "Fast Food"

Rizon · 12-26-2002, 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by Juvydriver
McDonalds drives me crazy. I can never understand why, if I'm the only person in the drive-thru, and there are very few people inside, why in the world it takes me 20 minutes to get my order.

It takes some time for the stoned 17 year old punk to microwave it, then spit on it, throw it on the floor and get dust all over it, then re-wrap it.

MLBJournalist · 12-26-2002, 10:51 PM

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Originally posted by Rizon
It takes some time for the stoned 17 year old punk to microwave it, then spit on it, throw it on the floor and get dust all over it, then re-wrap it.

Re-wrap it?? Why would they do that

Dxgarnett · 12-28-2002, 04:00 PM

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Originally posted by cougar
But if you live in Texas you get to eat Whataburger. Good stuff although it takes awhile to get through their drive-thru.

Sorry, but Whataburger is the worst restaurant in Texas, by far.

drprestwood · 12-28-2002, 05:52 PM

I don't understand why distributing fortune cookies was problematic.

Dxgarnett · 12-28-2002, 07:46 PM

Me either, unless they said the Heat would win more than 20 games this season, because then nobody would ever trust fortune cookies again.

bigphesta · 12-29-2002, 12:19 AM

I ate at the Chinese Buffet today and my fortune was "You will see many coutries (in bed)"... which was not as good as my wife's which was "You are very artistic (in bed)". Ahhh, I love adding (in bed) at the end of my fortunes. They then actually seem interesting.

crackpott · 12-29-2002, 03:03 PM

I guess John Bobbett ate Chinese and had the fortune "A part of you will slip away."

12-23-2002, 10:25 PM	#1
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AsTrOFaN Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 334	Most restaraunts don't serve fortune cookies in China anyways, so he was probably a bit confused...

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bigphesta Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 1,366	It's sad you know that the Castle is slow... that means you ACTUALLY eat there! Ugh!

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drprestwood All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,501	I don't understand why distributing fortune cookies was problematic.

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Dxgarnett All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 614	Me either, unless they said the Heat would win more than 20 games this season, because then nobody would ever trust fortune cookies again. __________________ Buckcheeks was here.

12-29-2002, 12:19 AM	#17
bigphesta Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 1,366	I ate at the Chinese Buffet today and my fortune was "You will see many coutries (in bed)"... which was not as good as my wife's which was "You are very artistic (in bed)". Ahhh, I love adding (in bed) at the end of my fortunes. They then actually seem interesting.

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crackpott Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,961	I guess John Bobbett ate Chinese and had the fortune "A part of you will slip away." __________________ Abandoned Planet - Check it out. The photos don't suck anymore.