What's the point of having cake if I can't eat it too?
Dear Whoever Made Up That Saying, you're not a logical person. Be wittier.
Imagine the first time someone used that saying:
Scene: May & George are sitting at a table on the porch drinking cold lemonade and eating cake, circa 1952.
George: How is it going with that feller?
May: Alright I reckon, but he wants to see Susie from the next town over as well.
George: Is that right?
May: Yes. I fancy him George, but he just wants to have his cake and eat it too.
*Silent pause*
George: May, I don't follow. Who wouldn't want to eat their cake? Do you not want your cake? Because I'll eat it.
Dear Whoever Made Up That Saying, you're not a logical person. Be wittier.
Imagine the first time someone used that saying:
Scene: May & George are sitting at a table on the porch drinking cold lemonade and eating cake, circa 1952.
George: How is it going with that feller?
May: Alright I reckon, but he wants to see Susie from the next town over as well.
George: Is that right?
May: Yes. I fancy him George, but he just wants to have his cake and eat it too.
*Silent pause*
George: May, I don't follow. Who wouldn't want to eat their cake? Do you not want your cake? Because I'll eat it.
