
| Msg # 12311 of 12811 on ZZUK4448, Wednesday 8-05-25, 12:38 |
| From: MAX DEMIAN |
| To: JNUGENT |
| Subj: Re: BBC Charter |
From: max_demian@bigfoot.com On 05/08/2025 11:14, JNugent wrote: > On 05/08/2025 09:53 AM, Jethro_uk wrote: >> Can I have my cake and eat it ? > > Probably not*. And that applies to all of us. >> >> These - and no other questions - are still to be decided. Luckily we now >> have the concept of quantum physics to guide us. We may yet get there. > > [*I've long thought that the formation "have my cake and eat it" does > not properly convey the concept to which it relates. The question is > strictly about whether one can eat one's cake and still have it afterwards. All right. It's "Eat a cake and still have it." Start a campaign to persuade people to used the revised saying. -- Max Demian --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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