"Eat your cake and have it too" likely wasn't accidental on Ted's part, it's a more logical word ordering than the more common "you can't have your cake and eat it too." I can, and often do, have my cake, then eat it. I would go so far as to say this is the typical use of a cake: to have it, then eat it. Per Wikipedia, the eat-have order was actually the more common form until the 1930s
This has the opportunity to be a fun icebreaker; what phrases do you use that the FBI would catch onto in your writing?
wait me and the unabomber both say “eat your cake and have it too”
"Eat your cake and have it too" likely wasn't accidental on Ted's part, it's a more logical word ordering than the more common "you can't have your cake and eat it too." I can, and often do, have my cake, then eat it. I would go so far as to say this is the typical use of a cake: to have it, then eat it. Per Wikipedia, the eat-have order was actually the more common form until the 1930s
i think you posted the wrong link for the cnn article (otherwise fire essay brother 🔥)
haha it should be fixed in-app now, my bad!! i guess you got a sneak preview of something else i'm researching LOL
This reminds me of how they discovered Joe Klein was the author of Primary Colors. The book Author Unknown breaks it down.
Brilliant piece