"The prehistoric 'tool'...."

The quotes round 'tool' are a good start.

And then you come to:

"In addition to being a symbolic representation of male genitalia, it was also at times used for knapping flints,"

which I'm afraid just cracks me up. I suspect this secondary use was unintended, and not particularly welcomed by its owner. I have a vision of a German cave-dweller unable to find, or not bothered to go looking for, their Black and Decker Patented Flint Knapper and just picking up the first thing that came to hand...

(It's a BBC article. How can you ask if it's safe for work?)

In other news, Brendan had a tough commute this morning.