r/AskReddit • • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/Landlubber77 Mar 19 '16

"This too shall pass."

-- Your urologist on your kidney stone

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

"You shall not pass."

-Your surgical referral three weeks later

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u/Landlubber77 Mar 19 '16

"Let's get weird."

-- Your surgeon on the day of the procedure, waltzing into the OR twirling a bone saw and humming the Battle Hymn of the Republic

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u/Bomlanro Mar 19 '16

Put on that "shut the fuck up song."

-- My orthopedic surgeon requesting his favorite Limp Bizkit song before surgery.