If that painting is Francis Bacon, then I am jimmy dean sausage, meaning

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The statement "If that painting is Francis Bacon, then I am Jimmy Dean sausage" is a figure of speech known as an adynaton, which is a form of hyperbole so extreme it indicates something is impossible [1]. It is similar to saying "If that happens, pigs can fly".

The user is implying that the painting in question is definitively not a genuine Francis Bacon work. The premise (the painting is a Francis Bacon) is presented as so unlikely that it results in an absurdly impossible conclusion (the speaker is a specific brand of sausage).