You can't ____ your cake and ___ it too

He acknowledges that the saying is “have your cake and eat it, too” but argues that it should be “eat your cake and have it, too”. You have been saying it correctly.

Cute :slight_smile: This does bring up the highjack of why we say beheaded when we’re talking about taking one’s head off? If a person is beheaded shouldn’t he be covered in heads? Like “bejewelled” or bedecked?

Hmmm, when come back, bring warm apple pie.

Covered in decks?

“Have” and “Eat” is the way I usually hear it, but that way makes no sense. Anyone can have their cake and eat it too. “Eat” then “Have” is what makes sense.

Well that depends entirely on Edith and Kate. Are they the adventurous sort?

Does that mean I can’t have both Kate Hudson and Edith Labelle? Bummer!

What’s the point of having a cake if you can’t eat it?

What if it’s Schroedinger’s Cake?

“Eating your cake and having it” is what got the Unabomer caught, remember. His brother read the manifesto and connected the unusual phrase with Ted.

I didn’t realize that he was a baker too