SylviaS  +  179051 Wed, 04 Jan 06 08:02 PM many thanx SylviaS Joined on Mon, Jan 2 2006 Belgium New Member 24 will think about it...

	My2sense  +  179091 Wed, 04 Jan 06 11:05 PM Could you mean calm down or clamp down?   I can't think of anything else except clam up i.e. refuse to talk. My2sense Joined on Sun, Nov 13 2005 europe Full Member 154

	SylviaS  +  179095 Wed, 04 Jan 06 11:13 PM thanx I can't find it in any dictionary, but saw it in a newspaper "Japan could 'clam down' on N. Korea" SylviaS

	My2sense  +  179102 Wed, 04 Jan 06 11:20 PM Japan on DPRK Shellfish Boycott Japan Times ("JAPAN COULD 'CLAM DOWN' ON N. KOREA", 2005-01-20)  reported that Japan's powerful diplomatic weapon against the DPRK could be a humble shellfish, if Japan chooses to stop eating them, a citizens' group said Wednesday. Japan regularly imports tons of "asari" clams from the reclusive state. Boycotting asari imports could help Japan find out what happened to citizens abducted by the DPRK and the clams could instead feed starving DPRK citizens, the group said. My2sense

	SylviaS  +  179106 Wed, 04 Jan 06 11:26 PM My2Sense, thanx I must have heard sth similar and was trying to find it on google that's definitly not, the word than...., will let u know when find it by, the way, how can they clam this poor fish down...? probably refuse imports... ok SylviaS

	nona the brit  +  179107 Wed, 04 Jan 06 11:28 PM The headline was a pun. The story was about clams and they wanted to imply 'clamp down on' while making a pun (clam down on). Newspaper headlines often contain puns, word-play and jokes. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all. Jokes