Why do people say you cant have your cake and eat it too? ?!


Question: Why do people say you cant have your cake and eat it too!? !?
I never really understood that term!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
It refers to simple greed, akin to the phrase "You want the best of both worlds"!.

Life is full of choices which we have to make!. If you choose to eat the cake, then it is gone!. You can't eat it yet still keep it!.

You can choose to spend your money or save your money!. You can't have it both ways!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think it is because people want to have the best of both worlds, which again is another saying that who knows where it started!. Instead of making a choice between 2 things, like I don't want to work but I want to get paid, well someone might say, but you can't have your cake and it it to, you have to earn the right to get to eat the cake, like I have to work to get the money!. My theory is all!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's a favorite line because Marie Antoinette, who's husband was the leader of the French, in the 1700's said it!. Actually, she said 'Let them eat cake', meaning their too poor so they probably can't, but oh well!. She was later hung, in an uprising by the people of France!. It means you can't have both parts of a disagreement, your way!. You have to compromise and choose one or the other, in order to get along!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Having your cake means you have a piece of cake you can look at and touch!. Eating your cake means the cake is 'gone' and you can't do both with the same piece of cake! Www@FoodAQ@Com

You never get to eat the cake, just see it!. Some have remade the cake and eaten it!.

The two most important things to remember:

1!. 2 + 2 = 10
2!. The cake is a lie!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think it is because if you eat your cake and you finish it then someone comes over and they see you eat the last piece they might be angry at you!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

neither do it!.!.,

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Cos once you've eaten it it wont be pretty and beautiful anymore will it !?Www@FoodAQ@Com

Because if you eat your cake, you don't have it anymore!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

I dont knowWww@FoodAQ@Com





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