[ WP ] You 're about to go under the knife for a necessary operation , when you find out the Surgeon and her Assistants all watch and enjoy The Big Bang Theory

`` OK, Jim, just count back from 10 for me.'' 
 
 When they say an operating room is sterile, they are not just talking about the distinct lack of microorganisms to keep you company during your procedure. They really mean sterile. Nothing to look at, except for an ominous set of tools that could either belong to a doctor or a serial killer. Nothing to feel, except for the freezing, still air and the steely brushed metal table against your bear back. Nothing to listen to, except for the eerily humdrum conversation between the medical staff. 
 
 `` Oh, yea, I've never missed a single one. It's literally my biggest guilty pleasure.'' A young nurse, probably right out of school, maybe even just observing today, was chattering on in a vaguely valley-girl tone, but my brain is fogging up like glass... I wonder if its true, what they say, that you just wake up and have no idea that you were out for, like, 10 hours. 
 
 Some rattling, serial killer implements of destruction getting rattled around, pushed out of the way, rearranged, more footsteps, a distinct lack of echoing... 
 
 `` That's it Jim, keep breathing, and we'll catch you on the flip side.'' 8......... 7.......... Oh jeez, I might not even make it to 10. I mean 1. What was I doing here? Surgery? Then why is the table sinking? 
 
 `` I've got to admit, its one of the funniest things on TV right now. I mean, Sheldon is so lovably geeky. Who even thinks of those jokes?'' 
 
 Sheldon... Breaking Bad? That show is great! No, The Office? No, The Big... Big Bang Theory? 
 
 Oh Shit. 
 
 `` All right, lets get started'' says a voice from the encapsulating darkness. 
 
 NO! Did I just scream that? Can I still talk? They're so far, can they still hear me? Still sinking, they have got to stop the procedure... 
 
 3.... 2...... 
 
 `` Aww, look at him muttering. Kind of cute, maybe he's dreaming. It's just like the episode from the Big Bang Theory where Sheldon.... was all like.... and....'' 
 
 How can they like that fucking show? THAT show? Why are they all laughing? 
 
 Clattering, metallic sound on vinyl tile. 
 
 `` Oopsie!'' 
 
 They're idiots. That girl is the surgeon. I ca n't let them operate on me. Have to say something before... 
 
 God damnit.
