Originally Posted by
sdk
Since this is the pointless thread (I assume it is, haven't read it, coz if it does what it says on the tin then it would, after all, be pointless to read it, right?) then I'll stick in my latest rant.
It's about anaesthetics.
Once upon a time, if you went for a general anaesthetic you'd have to do the 'nil by mouth' bit for hours, and hours, and hours... but then at last the reward would come, you'd get what they called a 'pre-med' that would make it all worthwhile.
Nowadays, some bright spark has 'improved' the anaesthetics so the fun 'pre-med' bit isn't needed. So there's all the 'nil-by-mouth' aggro with no payback! And to top it all off, when they stuff the knockout drops in, there's none of this 'count backwards from ten' bit, there's no time for that any more, it's a disgrace is what it is, it's just, like, ready, steady