An upright hammer stands among small seashells and an acorn on pale mint.

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Brick Tamland

I pooped a hammer.

— Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy · 2004

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The statement places an ordinary bodily function beside an object that plainly does not belong there. Its blunt brevity offers no explanation for the impossible result. The humor comes from presenting that bizarre claim as a simple report of something the speaker has done.

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