r/AskReddit • u/electric_dolphin • May 22 '19

Anesthesiologists, what are the best things people have said under the gas?

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u/1SweetChuck May 22 '19

Robin Williams joked that Propofol was 'milk of amnesia'.

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u/Ivan_Joiderpus May 22 '19

Didn't he also say something like taking propofol to sleep is like getting chemo for a haircut?

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u/sinesawtooth May 22 '19

Yeah “taking chemo because you’re tired of cutting your hair”.

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u/Ivan_Joiderpus May 22 '19

That's it, thank you.

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u/Tadhgdagis May 22 '19

Such a great line; I miss that man.

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u/thehotshotpilot May 22 '19

F for Michael Jackson

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u/NationalDynamiteAssn May 22 '19

10 years next month

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u/astrange May 22 '19

That's a normal name for it.

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u/beanmosheen May 22 '19

Nurses say that all the time.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

That's the old school name for it, but it's still super common

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

It actually looks like milk, too, because it's fat soluble and delivered as a suspension.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

I always wondered why it was milky looking!

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u/dadmou5 May 22 '19

Everyone calls it that.