Monday, January 10, 2011

Cake is a lie.

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It is shameful to say that it wasn't until I was in college that I knew what the phrase "You can't have your cake and eat it too," meant.  Mostly, because it was never taught in any class I was in, and the phrasing makes no sense.  I mean, the only way you CAN eat cake is if you have some, right?


I would like to petition that the phrase be changed to "You can't eat your cake and have it too," because then, it would actually say what it means and make sense.

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6 comments:

  1. Alex David-Luc TaylorJanuary 10, 2011 at 7:23 PM

    Wait . . . so if you HAVE cake . . . . .

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  2. Molly MerulaJanuary 10, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    I will totally sign your petition. Oh, and I think the solution here is to perpetually bake cakes so you always have at least one extra cake handy.

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  3. JRoseJanuary 10, 2011 at 10:48 PM

    I like the way you think, Ashira!

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  4. esbbostonMarch 30, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    I prefer "You can't have two thirds of a cake and eat two thirds of a cake and give away two thirds of a cake to Trick-Or-Treaters unless you have two cakes"

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  5. KimApril 21, 2011 at 5:56 PM

    Amen sister!

    Unless you have 2 pieces of cake...and who wouldn't want two pieces of cake?

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  6. Ellen at Defenestrated FeetSeptember 29, 2012 at 11:44 PM

    Love your logic here! The proposal makes perfect sense to me. :)

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