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Happy as a clam?

Posted on 11/16/2018 5:34:15 PM PST by SamAdams76

Why do people say that they are as "happy as a clam"?

Clams don't look all that happy to me.



TOPICS: Astronomy; Food; Humor; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: anotherstupidvanity; clams; happyasaclam; hightide; vanity
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1 posted on 11/16/2018 5:34:15 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Keep your Q posts outta here.


2 posted on 11/16/2018 5:34:59 PM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: SamAdams76

Clam up!


3 posted on 11/16/2018 5:35:24 PM PST by 2banana (Were you)
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“The derivation is more likely to come from the fuller version of the phrase, now rarely heard - ‘as happy as a clam at high water’. Hide tide is when clams are free from the attentions of predators; surely the happiest of times in the bivalve mollusc world.”

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-happy-as-a-clam.html


4 posted on 11/16/2018 5:36:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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To: SamAdams76
Kiss a little baby
Give the world a smile
If you take an inch
Give 'em back a mile
Cause if you lie like a rug
And you don't give a damn
You're never gonna be
As happy as a clam

-John Prine

5 posted on 11/16/2018 5:39:16 PM PST by Baynative (their degree in economics)
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To: SamAdams76

Sullen as a scallop?


6 posted on 11/16/2018 5:43:10 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: SamAdams76

and:

The word clam is slang for dollar bill. The usage is thought to originate from the various shells used as units of exchange in ancient times. In China, India, and Southeast Asia cowries were used as currency.


7 posted on 11/16/2018 5:44:00 PM PST by dontreadthis (A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
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To: SamAdams76
Any Bob and Tom fans here?

Messier, madame, voila le bearded clam.

8 posted on 11/16/2018 5:48:48 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: SamAdams76
Clam is only half a word.

The whole thing is “fried clam”.

9 posted on 11/16/2018 5:49:47 PM PST by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: SamAdams76

Why do people say they’re sweating like a pig, when pigs don’t sweat. Or, why do people say it’s like pulling hen’s teeth, when hen’s don’t have teeth.


10 posted on 11/16/2018 5:51:00 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Hens can peck though. Nasty little buggers.

Clams? Picture this: Kalaloch camping grounds, the Ho rainforest at your back and miles of razor clams for the taking. Bring your waders and no shorts. Ever.


11 posted on 11/16/2018 5:53:45 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Meprry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: SamAdams76

Happy as a serviced bearded clam , cause a serviced unit, is a happy unit :)


12 posted on 11/16/2018 5:54:30 PM PST by sailor76 (Trump is our last hope!)
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To: Laslo Fripp
I really like fried clams as I'm eating them but shortly thereafter, I feel all bloated inside and I regret haven eaten them even though they were so good while I was eating them. I hate when they dump fries and onion rings onto the plate. Just give me the fried clams and nothing but the fried clams. I don't even like the tartar sauce.

Now, the best way to have clams is to steam them. Not in a lot of water however because I like to get the water all concentrated with clam flavor (broth) and after I'm done eating the clams, I like to drink the broth they were cooked in.

It's a little messy eating steamed clams. But I can eat them by the pound. Just make sure you take the condom off (those who know clams will know what I mean) and dip them in melted butter.

13 posted on 11/16/2018 5:54:35 PM PST by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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Long-neck clams...Steamers

Boil in a large pot. Add a single can of beer. By the time the boil is complete, you will have a pot full of clams and broth.

Broth to wash the residual sand off the meat of the clams and dipped in melted drawn butter...

Delicious!


14 posted on 11/16/2018 6:03:52 PM PST by T. Rustin Noone (the angels wanna wear my red shoes......)
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15 posted on 11/16/2018 6:12:33 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: SamAdams76

People say happy as a clam because the entire body of a clam is a smile.


16 posted on 11/16/2018 6:24:07 PM PST by stevem
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To: SamAdams76

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKyGOOzXsOA

I’ve traveled all over this country
Prospecting and digging for gold
I’ve tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled
And I have been frequently sold

For each man who got rich by mining
Perceiving that hundreds grew poor
I made up my mind to try farming
The only pursuit that was sure

So, rolling my grub in my blanket
I left all my tools on the ground
I started one morning to shank it
For the country they call Puget Sound

Arriving flat broke in midwinter
I found it enveloped in fog
And covered all over with timber
Thick as hair on the back of a dog

When I looked on the prospects so gloomy
The tears trickled over my face
And I thought that my travels had brought me
To the end of the jumping-off place

I staked me a claim in the forest
And sat myself down to hard toil
For two years I chopped and I struggled
But I never got down to the soil

I tried to get out of the country
But poverty forced me to stay
Until I became an old settler
Then nothing could drive me away

And now that I’m used to the climate
I think that if a man ever found
A place to live easy and happy
That Eden is on Puget Sound

No longer the slave of ambition
I laugh at the world and its shams
As I think of my pleasant condition
Surrounded by acres of clams

http://www.balladofamerica.com/music/indexes/songs/oldsettlerssong/index.htm


17 posted on 11/16/2018 6:28:37 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: SamAdams76

Maybe they came out of their shell...


18 posted on 11/16/2018 6:30:14 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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LOL!

(Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...)


19 posted on 11/16/2018 6:33:22 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: SamAdams76

Pic looks like a big smile with his tongue hanging out.


20 posted on 11/16/2018 6:33:44 PM PST by GoldenPup
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