“It’s about time I got out of this cookie” (fortune cookie message)

A jocular fortune cookie message, “It’s about time I got out of that/this cookie,” has been printed on many images.
 
“Fortune cookie message: ‘It’s about time I got out of this cookie’” was printed in the Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution on April 6, 2006. “Its about time I got out of that cookie” was posted on the newsgroup Palace of Adult Humor on October 3, 2006.
   
           
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6 April 2006, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, “The Vent,” pg. P34, col. 3:
Fortune cookie message: “It’s about time I got out of this cookie.”
 
Google Groups: Palace of Adult Humor
Kookie Fortune Cookies
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“Its about time I got out of that cookie.”
(sent in by Michael-Asheville, NC)
 
16 January 2007, Bismarck (ND) Tribune, Red Sneaker at Bismarck Blogs, pg. A3: 
Recently, I was enjoying a fortune cookie from the China Wok restaurant in Mandan, and I had a thought. There are writers who make up the sayings inside these cookies. I could be one of those people, but I may be a bit too honest. Here’s my first batch of fortunes:
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“It’s about time I got out of that cookie.”
     
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smorris
@SWMorris
Got the funniest fortune cookie.  Wait for it.  “About time I got out of that cookie”
6:15 PM · Sep 30, 2008·Twitter Web Client
   
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Linnea Johnson (she/her/hers)
@leonnea
Replying to @melistocrat
@melistocrat Best fortune cookie I have ever gotten - “About time I got out of that cookie.”  =)
4:35 PM · Nov 6, 2008·Twitter Web Client
   
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whitd
@deejayrubadub
Fortune in fortune cookie: “about time I got out of this cookie”
6:54 PM · Aug 27, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
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Denise Fortowsky
@challymama
Heehee, my son just opened a fortune cookie and the paper ‘fortune’ said “it’s about time I got out of this cookie”.
10:44 PM · May 31, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
 
The Daily Meal
The 14 Funniest Fortune Cookie Fortunes Ever Found Slideshow
July 24, 2015
By Carlton Jared Lockett
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Fortune 1
About time I got out of that cookie.
       
Twitter
Thomas James
@ThomasJames1287
I once got a fortune cookie that said “it’s about time I got out of this cookie.”
10:20 PM · May 13, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
 
BuzzFeed
Jan 12, 2018
18 Fortune Cookies That Are More Funny Than They Are Accurate
“Next time, order the shrimp.”

by Kevin Smith
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carriew4935b4287
Once got a fortune that said “about time I got out of that cookie”
 
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Kïtty✿
@cozykittens
Replying to @Consenting
I once got a fortune cookie that said ‘it’s about time I got out of that cookie’
12:29 PM · Jun 13, 2020·Twitter for Android