What a crock..It's MY cake right? What do they think I'm gonna do with it? I know CAKE FIGHT!
2007-03-31 22:15:37 · 13 answers · asked by mauikittie 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Hi Mauikitt, I don't know who came up with this saying. It has been around for years. What it means is you can't have everything you want and eat your cake too. A Friend.
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2007-03-31 22:26:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, tell it. you can have your cake and them some!
It really appeared in John Heywood's dialog dating back to 1546. The actual phrase was in a John Ray 1812 document. Basically, it just means you can't have life BOTH ways and you much choose between them.
Look here
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/26/messages/1075.html
On a side note, I found a site that has A LOT of other phrase origins, take a peak...
http://members.aol.com/MorelandC/HaveOriginsData.htm
2007-03-31 22:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The original and only sensible version of this saying is “You can’t eat your cake and have it too,” meaning that if you eat your cake you won’t have it any more. People get confused because we use the expression “have some cake” to mean “eat some cake,” and they therefore misunderstand what “have” means in this expression.
2007-03-31 22:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by Bertie D 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sara Lee
2007-03-31 22:19:58 · answer #4 · answered by Fireman T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but that is not the case with me, either. I have my cake and eat it, too. =)
2007-04-01 02:43:28 · answer #5 · answered by spiritcavegrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same person who decided to take a picture of the thing at every gathering.
2007-03-31 22:17:49 · answer #6 · answered by tony c 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
someone who really wanted someone elses cake.
seriously, why would you even HAVE cake if you could't eat it?
2007-03-31 22:18:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
someone who wanted to share someone else's cake !!
2007-03-31 22:23:25 · answer #8 · answered by gone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Someone from 1546. It doesn't make sense because it has been corrupted over time. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_one's_cake_and_eat_it_too
2007-03-31 22:20:32 · answer #9 · answered by Xeno P 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deep thinkers, if I made/bought/stole it, I'm darn well gonna eat it!
2007-03-31 22:18:38 · answer #10 · answered by Fia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋