# So when I find I need a hammer... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833 "2012-02-24T13:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/1 "2012-02-24T13:02:50Z")
why is it the only hammer I can find is my sledgehammer? 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/2 "2012-02-24T14:34:36Z")
Oh come on, every tool is a hammer…except for chisels. They’re screwdrivers. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/3 "2012-02-24T14:37:32Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > why is it the only hammer I can find is my sledgehammer? > > 😃 😃 😃 It has the hardest time hiding underneath other things 🙂 > [@Paintcharge](#): > > Oh come on, every tool is a hammer…except for chisels. They’re screwdrivers. :eek:😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shawn\_K\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Shawn\_K\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn_K_1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/4 "2012-02-24T14:42:23Z")
Perhaps that’s the universe telling you the problem will only be solved with the biggest hammer. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/5 "2012-02-24T15:08:58Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Oh come on, every tool is a hammer…except for chisels. They’re screwdrivers. As someone who has hundreds of dollars invested in chisels… that comment made me cringe! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/6 "2012-02-24T18:15:02Z")
If I had a hammer I’d hammer in the morning I’d hammer in the evening All over this land But if I had a sledgehammer, I could be done before breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/7 "2012-02-24T18:17:41Z")
I aint holding the nail, OP. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/8 "2012-02-24T18:26:26Z")
And when I need a sledgehammer… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/9 "2012-02-24T18:38:06Z")
Your a fan of David Rasche? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/10 "2012-02-24T18:42:17Z")
If you don’t need a sledgehammer, you yon’t need a hammer. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/11 "2012-02-24T18:43:06Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Oh come on, every tool is a hammer…except for chisels. They’re screwdrivers. No no no, you use a butter knife as a screwdriver unless it’s a phillips screw, then you use a steak knife. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/12 "2012-02-24T18:47:24Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > No no no, you use a butter knife as a screwdriver unless it’s a phillips screw, then you use a steak knife. A steak knife is a saw. Philips head screws are installed with a sledgehammer, and removed with a drill, after the bit has been used as a pin punch. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/13 "2012-02-24T19:36:49Z")
you can do any hammering with that. wrap a towel around it for it to be a nonmaring hammer. use upholstery tacks holding them with a long nose pliers. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/14 "2012-02-25T00:01:32Z")
I’ve hammered framing nails with a sledge, but then, I’m easily bored. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/15 "2012-02-25T00:23:36Z")
When all you have is a sledgehammer, everything looks like a demolition job. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/16 "2012-02-25T12:57:57Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I aint holding the nail, OP. [Moe Howard] Now when I nod my head, you hit it with the hammer. [/Moe Howard] ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/17 "2012-02-26T01:43:54Z")
When you need a hammer, everything will look like a hammer. When all you have if a hammer, everything will look like a nail. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/18 "2012-02-26T03:42:04Z")
You have an insufficient number of hammers. I have 11 different kinds of hammers, and usually multiples of each type. I have no trouble finding a hammer. Everything else is sort of under the hammers, though, and harder to find than it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/19 "2012-02-26T05:26:49Z")
There’s a saying I learned in the army: when strength doesn’t work, use more strength. And when more strength doesn’t work, use a sledgehammer. ---
**Author:** ![\_mostly\_Harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/9d8465/32.png) [@\_mostly\_Harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_mostly_Harmless)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-i-find-i-need-a-hammer/613833/20 "2012-02-28T01:13:25Z")
At my old apartment my roommate and I always knew where to find a hammer. Because, no joke, we kept them in the freezer. Because you just never know when you’re gonna need a cold hammer.