>So let me get this straight... if I can't have my cake and eat it too, then when they say "have a cake" what am I supposed to do? Possess it briefly?
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>This is exactly why I contend, and have for years, that the adage has been corrupted over time. I believe it should more properly be:
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>You can't eat your cake and have it too.

The people have no bread? Than let them eat cake!

(I wonder if Marie Antoinette really said that?)