that's the way the cookie crumbles

Expression of events that are out of your control. Usually pertaining to events that result in unwanted circumstances.

Person1: Ah man, the bird's crapped all over my car again.
Person2: That's the way the cookie crumbles.

by King Among Men May 28, 2004

that's the way the pickle squirts

An urbanized and supposedly cool way of saying, "That's the way the cool crumbles." Mostly used by perverted pre-pubescent boys who think the quote is sexual.

"Aw man, I just got a D on my math test.." "That's the way the pickle squirts dude."

by Erika June 1, 2004

that's the way the cookie crumbles

Literally it means thats how it goes. thats what happens.

That's the way the cookie crumbles, get the hell over it.

by Raven May 28, 2004

that's the way the cookie crumbles

Saying meaning life is unpredictable.

Forest Gump: "Life is like a box of chocolates...(takes bite out of piece of chocolate)...you never know what you're gonna get."

Me: "What a fucking stupid idiot, but, I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles."

by Tim Jerome March 18, 2008

that's the way the cookie crumbles

cookie represents an object of desire. the state of crumbling represents that the object of desire is no longer attainable in its desired form, or that the object of desire has reached its culmination within a state of decline.

High school senior: "I wasn't accepted into my top choice university."
Father: "Sometimes that's just the way the cookie crumbles."

Boy: "My girlfriend and I finally broke up. We had been arguing for weeks."
Friend: "That's the way the cookie crumbles."

by Zach Herold November 23, 2006

That's the way the pickle squirts

The angle of the trajectory of pickle fluids when a is squished.

The pickle squirted at 38.256° above the horizontal.

by DragonlordALS May 28, 2004

that's the way the cookie crumbles

A phrase meaning, basically, "That's the way things are, you cannot change it". Usually said to calm someone who's whining overmuch, an usually with little effect.

Man 1: I went on vacation and my fern died!

Man 2: That's the way the cookie crumbles.

by Daniel Finetail May 26, 2004