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ffs… This was in Scrubs.
Excellent documentary
Surgical tech here! This is one of those 'prank the new guy' jokes you see in the OR. I've seen play out almost verbatim to the OP a couple different times.
Original OP may well be quoting Scrubs, but I'd wager this prank predates Scrubs by a hefty margin too.
"Go get me a jug of elbow grease" kind of shenanigans.
I am quite certain the scrubs writers just talked to a lot of people in the profession and got their stories in the show. That's part of why Scrubs was such a great show.
Ai summary:
The heart surgeon in
Scrubs who is based on a real-life friend and medical advisor to showrunner Bill Lawrence is Dr. Jon Turk, who inspired the character of Christopher Turk.
Here are the key details regarding this connection:
Note: The main character J.D.'s name is also based on a real person, Dr. Jonathan Doris, who was a college friend of Bill Lawrence and served as a medical adviser to the show.
Next time you're considering posting AI garbage, don't.
XD
Thanks for labeling this as AI so we know you can't formulate sentences on your own and aren't worth conversing with in the future. Makes it really easy to add someone to the blocklist when they're the equivalent of email spam.
Lmao
"I don't have anything to contribute, but I also can not post. Also, CO2 levels in the atmosphere seem a bit low today"
No.
But someone said: I'M DYING Therefore it's funny
I'M FUCKING DYING
Oh man, and a swear too?
Must've been pretty funny.
That counts as a true story when you've got the brain rot.
Or (hear me out) the writers of Scrubs worked a lot of true stories into their show?
And unless the person was present in one of those true stories moments where this exact dialog occurred, my point remains.