"Can't have your cake and eat it too"

[Bossman]

This saying has bothered me for years, as I never really understood it. "Are you telling me I can't eat my cake?" This is what I though it meant.

But then I looked at my DDO hoarding tendencies and now I see it. I have unopened reward boxes and unused "bound-to-character on equip" items gathering dust. I like seeing them in inventory (having it). But if I open the box or equip the item (if I eat it) I will no longer have them in inventory to admire.

So, the saying is true. I can either use the items (eat) or leave the items unopened and unused in storage (have) but can't do both.

 

[Redtalktree]

This saying has bothered me for years, as I never really understood it. "Are you telling me I can't eat my cake?" This is what I though it meant.

But then I looked at my DDO hoarding tendencies and now I see it. I have unopened reward boxes and unused "bound-to-character on equip" items gathering dust. I like seeing them in inventory (having it). But if I open the box or equip the item (if I eat it) I will no longer have them in inventory to admire.

So, the saying is true. I can either use the items (eat) or leave the items unopened and unused in storage (have) but can't do both.

but some of them also expires too like stale cakes.

 

[J-2]

It's a European expression regarding physical matter. It implies that you can't keep something in your possession if you eat it, as the act of eating it removes it from your possession. While they may have once found this to be thought provoking, it's pretty common sense nowadays. In fact, they are just a weird lot those Europeans. Nice enough, sure, but never quote them.

 

[Bjond]

This saying has bothered me for years, as I never really understood it. "Are you telling me I can't eat my cake?"

LOL, yep. This was literally my exact thought as a child, "If I have cake, then I can and will eat it."

Guess something gets a bit lost when you repeat a colloquialism for 500 years without updating it.

 

[magaiti]

This saying has bothered me for years, as I never really understood it. "Are you telling me I can't eat my cake?" This is what I though it meant.

Once you eat your cake, you can only have it for about 1 to 3 days, depending on your digestion speed.

 

[Geezer]

If you eat your cake, just bake another! Then you will have your cake again.

 

[Blunt Hackett]

It's a European expression regarding physical matter. It implies that you can't keep something in your possession if you eat it, as the act of eating it removes it from your possession. While they may have once found this to be thought provoking, it's pretty common sense nowadays. In fact, they are just a weird lot those Europeans. Nice enough, sure, but never quote them.

Common sense? Given the amount of hoarding in real life and video games, I feel like it's wisdom a lot of people could use.

You can't have your empty storage space and use it too after all.

 

[Willsave20]

This saying has bothered me for years, as I never really understood it. "Are you telling me I can't eat my cake?" This is what I though it meant.

But then I looked at my DDO hoarding tendencies and now I see it. I have unopened reward boxes and unused "bound-to-character on equip" items gathering dust. I like seeing them in inventory (having it). But if I open the box or equip the item (if I eat it) I will no longer have them in inventory to admire.

So, the saying is true. I can either use the items (eat) or leave the items unopened and unused in storage (have) but can't do both.

IIRC DDO only has one type of cake, and you cant eat is unless you're dead.

 

[Jhenissa]

IIRC DDO only has one type of cake, and you cant eat is unless you're dead.

Birthday cake. I still have a few slices in my inventory.

 

[Willsave20]

Birthday cake. I still have a few slices in my inventory.

Well then I guess you can have your cake and eat it too