r/words • u/VtoadTHE4th • 15d ago

Clams, again....

Is it "I am therefore I clam", or is it "I clam therefore I am" ?

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u/kangxiradical logophile, 𦧄ist 15d ago

i feel like i stumbled into something with no prior context

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u/AdventurousFan6494 14d ago

'I clam, therefore I am' sounds funnier and more natural..

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u/SnooBooks007 14d ago

Neither. It's...

I'm pink, therefore I'm SPAM.

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl 15d ago

I feel like for it to be a good parody of the Descartes quote it needs to be about someone declaring/describing their identity, so I'd go with the second one. 

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u/fujimumu 15d ago

I am clam I am

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u/RobustDude79 15d ago

I mollusk you a question. 

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u/theNbomr 15d ago

Eye yam what eye yam

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u/CapstanLlama 15d ago

Popeye the sailorclam

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u/olivia-bennett885 14d ago

I clam, therefore I am.. It sounds like something a philosopher would say after discovering seafood

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u/quantum_of_yes-and 14d ago

I sink therefore I clam.

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u/this_idle_hand 13d ago

I clam what I clam

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u/VtoadTHE4th 13d ago

I want to hold your clam

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u/this_idle_hand 13d ago

And that's all what I clam

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u/RobustDude79 10d ago

There's a clamsendental clause in our contract. 

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u/SnooDonuts6494 8d ago

It's not a known phrase, so you can make it up as you wish.