Monday, February 22, 2010

Cake and Tea

     Sometimes I wonder where old saying originated from… “Have your cake and eat it too” What does that mean…? You can have your cake, and you can also eat it. What is the other option?

“Hey are you going to eat that cake?”

“Oh no, no, no, I’m just going to hold it.”

     What about “the pot calling the kettle black.” So you’re telling me that back in the day someone saw that over time both the pot and the kettle turned black from being repeatedly used on the fire and decided this would be a good analogy to use when trying to call someone a hypocrite? Were our ancestors trying to find kinder ways to insult people? All that work just to tell someone they’re acting like a fool. Now all we use is a finger… Man we’re lazy and not very creative. I'm going to bring back the confusing longwinded analogy insults. Be ready...