2006-06-20 08:19:09 · 9 answers · asked by da_coppa_one 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The saying is almost always stated wrong. It's properly stated as:
You can't eat your cake and have it too. Meaning, that once you've eaten it... it's gone. For if you have your cake, you certainly can eat it.
2006-06-20 08:33:04 · answer #1 · answered by gilfinn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you wonder why people take pictures of cakes? They want to have your cake, and eat it too... you cant do both, becuase once you eat a cake its gone, and you no longer have it in the sense that its pretty and you can look at it. Once you have a cake, you can look at it but can't eat it.
Have your cake and eat it too describes a win-win situation
2006-06-20 15:36:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you don't plan to eat the cake you have, why cry about not having one?
2006-06-20 23:17:20 · answer #3 · answered by Source 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An advertisement for Gabriel brand shock absorber was like this (might be some 30 years back): "You can have the cake and eat it if you ride on Gabriel shock absorbers."
2006-06-21 07:05:31 · answer #4 · answered by das.ganesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point is that once you eat your cake, you will no longer have it.
2006-06-20 15:22:14 · answer #5 · answered by FozzieBear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cake is used as a metaphor for all things we want and have, and still want more and get it if that makes sense.
2006-06-20 16:09:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ? is were did this dumb phrase come from, if you buy a cake your going to eat it, or atleast some of it
2006-06-20 15:24:36 · answer #7 · answered by Derrick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point is that you can do one or the other...most people want to do both at the same time.
2006-06-20 15:22:46 · answer #8 · answered by -j. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a cake for you...you are welcome to eat it. I am a baker.
2006-06-20 15:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by speechlessneanderthal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋