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[andrewducker]

In high school, I once dated two girls at the same time. Their names were Edith and Kate. Eventually, I got caught -- which goes to prove that you can't have your Kate and Edith too.

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[spaj.livejournal.com]

In University, I fooled around with two girls at the same time (but not simultaneously). Their names were Rachel and Becca. What's more, they were both cool about it, and encouraged me to go for it with the other one.

Which just goes to prove

I win I win I win!!!!!!!

[davecleghorn.livejournal.com]

You know me, I hate to be pedantic but.. the phrase would actually have to be you can't Edith your Kate and have it too.

[darkoshi]

Sounds like an (A && B) == (B && A) issue to me, where either way would be true.

However, if you interpret the phrase to mean that A happens before B, then they are not equal... "You can't eat (all) your cake and then (still) have it" (true) vs. "You can't have your cake and then eat it" (false).

But generally when I hear the phrase, I think of A and B occurring at the same time. So, you can have your cake and be eating it, just like you can be eating your cake and still have some of it left.

...No, wait a minute. That means both ways of saying it are false... Which means the saying doesn't mean anything logical to me at all... Silly colloquialisms...

[aberbotimue.livejournal.com]

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