2006-10-17 10:04:16 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
completely, i'd just divide the cake in half, and viola, you have your cake and can eat it.
2006-10-17 14:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not stupid, cause it applies to..hmmm... let's say a guy or girl having two people to fool around with.....eventually one or the other of the two will find out, then the cake is gone....
2006-10-17 10:07:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm does the cake have too much icing...I like chocolate, what if I get white cake.....oooh ooh I know Wedding cake you never get a piece of your own wedding cake.
What if I get my cake AND eat it too, what will happen then?
2006-10-17 10:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by rswdew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read a book about the history of common phrases and aparently it used to be 'you can't eat your cake and have it' which would make more sense!
2006-10-17 23:49:47 · answer #4 · answered by pugsley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand it, but I agree it is a bit of a silly analogy - for example, this cake right here is about to go down the hatch. Who's gonna stop me?!
2006-10-17 10:15:16 · answer #5 · answered by drblonde 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"You can't have your cake and your penny" is what I was taught as a child. It means the same, but it makes much more sense. It's amazing that the nonsensical version becomes much more widely used! But all too typical!
2006-10-17 10:18:49 · answer #6 · answered by DGR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont like addages..so yeah its silly
they apply in some cases ..I guess
still if I had a cake I would eat it
2006-10-17 10:16:29 · answer #7 · answered by murphys_lawyers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of people misinterpret it. the real saying goes" you cant HALF your cake and eat it too" meaning you cant have the best of both worlds,cause if you HAVE your cake you HAVE it its yours,but if you HALF it its different.that's what a professor in college told me.i don't know
2006-10-17 10:14:46 · answer #8 · answered by 2rstpido 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. What's the point of having the cake if you can't eat it? DUMB!!
2006-10-17 10:14:40 · answer #9 · answered by PRL8268 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No ...
If you eat the cake, then it's gone, you can't eat it and still have it can you.
2006-10-17 10:17:20 · answer #10 · answered by Jude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋