Tuesday, January 12, 2010

She's Having It and She's Eating It

"Grandpa, do you like cake?"
"Oh um yeah, I like to have my cake and eat it too."
"What is the meaning of that popular English idiomatic proverb?"
"Well my little bulaklak, it's like somebody who wants something
more than they deserve... or somebody trying to have two things
that aren't even compatible. Sometimes people will say, 'You can't
have it both ways' or 'You can't have the best of both worlds'."
"But Grandpa, you Visayan Nerf Ball, why can't you have the best
of both worlds? Why can't somebody have a TV and watch it too?
Or why can't somebody have a car and drive it too? Or why can't
somebody have a pet dog and eat it too?"
"NOW, you're talking. I like how you think."

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