Cook, but don't touch.

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Cook, but don't touch.

Date: 2003-11-26

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Notes: I have often pondered who on earth coined the expression "he wants to have his cake and eat it" as a bad thing. I mean what is the point of having cake and not eating it? Anyway, my latest pondering led to this little story.
(C): Copyright Michael Lawrie, 2003. All Rights Reserved.

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MMM birthday cake! I'm with ya! In fact, if I weren't so broke I would go buy a cake and eat it in your name. But, pay day isn't til Thursday and I don't think Matt would let me buy a whole cake just to eat by myeslf what a pooey. But anyways, know...

Posted by Alina (guest) on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:22:01 +0000

Alex

Once he eats his cake, it's gone. His hands are empty. He no longer has it. So the expression means that he wants two contradictory things; you can't have it both ways.

Posted by Guest on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:07:15 +0000

Tank

Wouldn't having a cake and eating it constitute eating the same cake twice at the same time?
Or consecutively?
Maybe you throw up, and eat the digested remains of said cake.

The mysteries this universe carries, oi vey.

Posted by Guest on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:09:20 +0000