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Old 10-20-2007, 06:05 AM   #20
Alfirin
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Alfirin has been trapped in the Barrow!
meaning of "have your cake"

I think "have" in this case means "posess" The aphorism means that you cant eat a cake and still posesses it (i.e. have it still sitting in front of you to eat later)
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