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have yours and eat it too.

Poll: Which? (30 member(s) have cast votes)

Which?

  1. Cake (21 votes [70.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 70.00%

  2. Pie (9 votes [30.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 30.00%

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#1 User is offline   matmat 

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Posted 2010-September-19, 20:27

discuss.
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Posted 2010-September-19, 20:30

flaky crust, golden apples, vanilla ice cream

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Posted 2010-September-19, 20:42

matmat: i hate cake. the frosting is hopelessly too sugary imo. ive never eaten cake and thought to myself that i'd make room for a second piece to further judge.

rbouskila: pie is perfect for me. you let the fruits shine through and enhance them with ice cream or whipped cream. fruits+sugar=complement amirite?
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Posted 2010-September-19, 20:47

Cake, there's even a song about it.

And cake is better than pie, you can have just any flavor (my dad made a passion fruit cake to die for) AND you could add filling or frost, to your taste. What else can you ask for?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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Posted 2010-September-19, 21:10

plz link song hanoi?
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Posted 2010-September-19, 21:24

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=hgj5Mhp8XLQ

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2010-September-20, 00:27

Single variant, pecan pie.

Top to bottom, cake > pie.
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Posted 2010-September-20, 02:52

Voted pie before realizing that it's about the saying, which is obviously about cake.
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Posted 2010-September-20, 03:00

how can you not own a cake but still eat it? even at a wedding, you are granted the possession (and right to eat) of one or more slices
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Posted 2010-September-20, 03:12

The original phrasing was "would you both eat you cake and have your cake?", in that order it makes more sense. Would have been better if "have" had been "keep", but the saying goes back to 1546 and the word "have" might have had a slightly different meaning then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_one%27s_..._and_eat_it_too
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Posted 2010-September-20, 22:55

i'll take pie,
the cake is a lie
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Posted 2010-September-21, 04:51

lmilne, on Sep 21 2010, 12:55 AM, said:

the cake is a lie

You're right. My last great video-gaming experience.

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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Posted 2010-September-21, 06:29

I am a bit lost in this topic, never understood the difference between the two.
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Posted 2010-September-21, 06:46

Yeah, here in England you'd better not order a pie at a restaurant since you can't predict what you will get.

But I think in North America it is roughly what they call tarte in French.
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Posted 2010-September-21, 09:28

pie: a baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry.

cake: an item of soft, sweet food made from a mixture of flour, shortening, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and often decorated
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Posted 2010-September-21, 09:39

All these pie votes? People are insane. Just give both to a 1 year old child to find out which is better.
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Posted 2010-September-21, 11:06

En español hay tarta, torta, pastel. Depende de dónde te encuentres se llamará diferente. El PIE se refiere a un dulce (aunque también lo puede haber de carne o salado) con una capa un poco dura (arriba y abajo) y un relleno, generalmente de fruntas o dulce de frutas. CAKE se refiere a ese dulce generalmente esponjoso que puede ser de diferentes sabores y puede venir con un glaseado (y hasta con relleno).

En cualquier caso la discusión inicial se refiere a un dicho en inglés que dice que no se puede tener todo en la vida, es decir, no puedes ser el del cumpleaños y comerte el pastel completo, o algo así. La elección correcta en la encuesta es CAKE, en ese sentido.

There is another song which features the phrase (and it's probably more popular):

Bob Dylan:

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related (A guiy is strumming the chords over the original BD song, but that's the best I could find in youtube)

Ministry's version:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=wjGRIWNcZG0

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2010-September-21, 11:32

helene_t, on Sep 21 2010, 07:46 AM, said:

Yeah, here in England you'd better not order a pie at a restaurant since you can't predict what you will get.

Agree.

The risk-free-zone for pie seems to end in Ostend und Calais <_<
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Posted 2010-September-21, 11:48

jdonn, on Sep 21 2010, 10:39 AM, said:

All these pie votes? People are insane. Just give both to a 1 year old child to find out which is better.

Some of us have more refined palates than an infant
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Posted 2010-September-21, 12:26

Aberlour10, on Sep 21 2010, 12:32 PM, said:

helene_t, on Sep 21 2010, 07:46 AM, said:

Yeah, here in England you'd better not order a pie at a restaurant since you can't predict what you will get.

Agree.

The risk-free-zone for pie seems to end in Ostend und Calais <_<

And it's worse than that, if you order a mince pie in England, you'll get the standard christmas fare with fruit in it.

Order it in Scotland and it will have minced meat in it.
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