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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have used "I am not a clever man" so often because of this comic.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same and for like ten years. Nobody has ever understood the reference in that whole span but the sentence alone is funny

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this actually the original use of that sentence?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, the original is from the Judeo-Christian holy texts:

Genesis 4:8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 4:9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

Genesis 4:10 “I don’t know,” he replied. “I am not a clever man.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Fuckin amazing. I actually believed you and had to look it up lmao