Question

Raquel was attending a wedding reception. She went through the line and got a big piece of wedding cake. She went to join a few of her friends at a table. Raquel commented to her friend Ryan, "This cake is really good. You should go get some."
Ryan replied, "No, I don't like cake. I don't want to have to get the cake and eat it, too."

What is humorous about Ryan's statement?
A.
Ryan doesn't want Raquel to know that he has already had cake.
B.
Ryan wants some cake, but he is too lazy to wait in line for it.
C.
Ryan is using a common saying to express his dislike for cake.
D.
Ryan knows that Raquel is trying to trick him into eating bad cake.

Answer 1

C.

Ryan is joking with a familiar idiom ("you can't have your cake and eat it too") by applying it literally — saying he doesn't want to both get the cake and eat it — to decline the cake.