I just don't get itPoor Semiret, he's foreign and has no idea if he "should laugh about the whole 'only playing music when they are out of ice cream' thing or not." There's also a Far Side cartoon that has had him stumped for almost 20 years.
What don't you understand? What have you politely gone along with whilst internally going WTF?
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chthonic, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:09)
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the whole cake and eating thingI don't see why none of you understand the cake thing.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too." is how it goes.
You have cake. Then you eat it. You can't have it, AND eat it at the same time, because you've eaten it. Think of it more as a bite-sized cake you'd eat in one go rather than a whole birthday cake or something that it'd take you a day or three to get through. It's a stupid phrase but it makes plenty of sense.
In the end it just means you can't always have everything the way you want it. Don't see why people don't just say that.
Who's up for a slice of cake then?
(, Tue 5 Apr 2005, 16:33, Reply)
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