TIL businessman Armand Hammer got asked so much if he worked at Arm & Hammer, he bought enough stock in the company to get on their board of directors

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pm_me_n0Od: “Do you work for Arm & Hammer?”

“No.” *puts on shades* “They work for **me**.”

thr33beggars: Geez, that must have cost an arm and a ~~leg~~ hammer.

TooShiftyForYou: The actor Armie Hammer is this guy’s great-grandson.

hardestnuts: Still, his fate was better than Alan Hammer, who worked as an instructor at an institute for the dyslexic…

ChimpyChompies: Hugh Mungus also has a key to the directors bathroom

hatsnatcher23: Now that, is f— you money

pelefan245: Lmfao this is hilarious. My name is also Armand and when people ask me to spell it I usually tell them it’s spelled like Arm (and) hammer

Welcometony1234: Isint his son Armie Hammer?

buttonsmasher1: I’d kill my parents if they called me armand

morrock14: Serves his parents right. What the hell were they thinking?

heisenburgundy: [Nominative determinism](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism)

DrBranhatten: His brother Jack, and nephew Sledge were actually very successful police officers.

jvaughn24: And fulfilled his corny ass parents pipe dream

sonicjesus: When I was a kid we were taught he was the son of the founder. God the 80’s sucked.

myles_cassidy: “No. How the fuck many people do you know that work mcdonalds who have McDonald as a last name?”

peanutbuttahtoast: Any relation to Armie Hammer?

dkdream21: BOX OF SILVER RED AND GOLD

THEVILLAGEIDI0T: Madrigal Elektromotoren GmbH

rogeliod: …and yet, he still can not say he works for Arm and Hammer.

boredjustbrowsing: >TIL businessman Armand Hammer

Ohhh, so that’s how they got the name Arm & Hammer. *continues reading* Oh. Sorry for being one of those ppl, dude.

timmyt03: Further validation of my theory that people’s names somehow effect life paths!

SinkHoleDeMayo: *Board* of directors?

Heyooo!

Starionn: “No, Arm & Hammer works for *me*.”

THATASSH0LE: I legit thought he was an heir until right now.

Slyguy9766: Trust me, I know what I’m doing……

karmabaiter: That man’s name? Arnold Schwarzenegger!

striped_frog: I used to have a student whose first name was Armen. I used to affectionately call him Armen the Hammer. Not to his face, you understand.

Dolannn_: Honestly when I saw the preview of this post I thought of [this](https://imgur.com/makIdS5)

widermind: i almost read that name as the actor arnie hammer

jorgendude: You taking business associations? Lol

yo_puedo: I’m naming my company billgates

TheGR3EK: It’s funny how that works, my name is Mike Rosoft and people asked me if I worked at Microsoft so much I now own more shares than Bill Gates

enphurgen: It was either that or porn

calypso_ks: I am shook. I assumed it was his family’s company

suitcase88: The hammer is half of the commie symbol, and Mr. Hammer did lots of business deals with Russia.

corgblam: He had a son named Sledge.

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