Editorial September 28, 1998 Issue

Gambling—a "lose-lose" proposition

William E. Moody

I was having lunch with a friend the other day at an Asian restaurant. We both had noodle dishes, and afterward, along with the bill, came the cellophane-wrapped fortune cookies. I've found that most fortune cookies these days don't really try to tell your fortune. Usually they offer a simple proverb or even a moral lesson. Something like, He who smiles on another will never feel a frown in return.

This time, the cookie I opened betrayed an irony that I'm sure must have gone unrealized by its maker. Look at what the slip of paper said:

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