“Funny thing, that,” said Nobby. “You never get bad fortunes in cookies, ever noticed that? They never say stuff like: ‘Oh dear, things are going to be really bad.’ I mean, they’re never misfortune cookies.” Vimes lit a cigar and shook the match to put it out. “That, Corporal, is because of one of the fundamental driving forces of the universe.” “What? Like, people who read fortune cookies are the lucky ones?” said Nobby. “No. Because people who sell fortune cookies want to go on selling them.
