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Pretend you're swallowing a big piece of meat.

191 replies

Flowersforyourchocolateprettyplease · 01/05/2026 17:23

Have been to the hospital for a Gastroscopy. Consultant came to have a chat before the procedure, just him and I in the little room.
He explained what would be happening and said " as the tube goes down, pretend you're swallowing a big piece of meat".

I was nervous about the procedure and once it was done, I was chatting to a male friend and mentioned the comment above.
Friend says to report him as that's unacceptable language from a professional and thinks it was a sexual innuendo.

Also thinks it would have been inappropriate to a vegan or someone with eating issues.

YABU : It was an innocent remark.
YANBU: Dirty minded consultant.

OP posts:
ShockingBritain · 01/05/2026 19:22

LadyVioletBridgerton · 01/05/2026 17:27

Your friend is being utterly ridiculous.

This.

Blimms · 01/05/2026 19:23

Flowersforyourchocolateprettyplease · 01/05/2026 19:15

Drip feed alert, not NHS but point taken still.
I was doubting myself as friend said imagine him saying it to a young girl.

It did make me think twice hence asking.

Saying what to a young girl? Only you are linking eating meat to a penis. Literally nobody else in the world would hear what the dr said and think about oral sex.

And, if you’re actually eating a penis during oral sex you are definitely doing it wrong

TheFluffiestCat · 01/05/2026 19:23

I’ve been vegetarian for 30 years and could find smut on an angel’s wing and wouldn’t be offended.

Cocktailglass · 01/05/2026 19:24

Oh my word, I would've found it hilarious because I know I would think of sexual context even though it may not have been meant!

Your friend sounds like someone who needs to find some reason to be offended, very sad 😔

Frugalgal · 01/05/2026 19:26

Flowersforyourchocolateprettyplease · 01/05/2026 17:23

Have been to the hospital for a Gastroscopy. Consultant came to have a chat before the procedure, just him and I in the little room.
He explained what would be happening and said " as the tube goes down, pretend you're swallowing a big piece of meat".

I was nervous about the procedure and once it was done, I was chatting to a male friend and mentioned the comment above.
Friend says to report him as that's unacceptable language from a professional and thinks it was a sexual innuendo.

Also thinks it would have been inappropriate to a vegan or someone with eating issues.

YABU : It was an innocent remark.
YANBU: Dirty minded consultant.

Most ridiculous thing I've heard in a long time....

sunnybluesky75 · 01/05/2026 19:29

Pathetic

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 01/05/2026 19:29

It’s all only in his dirty mind, as we would have said in the days of my ill-spent youth.

LancashireButterPie · 01/05/2026 19:31

Yes your friend is the one with the dirty mind.
Honestly it's a miracle anyone continues to work in the NHS.

NimbleHam · 01/05/2026 19:35

Err you are being unreasonable. Never try to get someone fired unless they have inflicted a similar amount of distress onto you through their actions.

Damnloginpopup · 01/05/2026 19:36

Certainly sounds to me like he said "imagine deep throating Liam Neeson's massive cock."

Not.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 01/05/2026 19:37

Smut is in the eye of the beholder. Get it out with Optrex. (as Spike Milligan didn't quite say.)

inickedthisname · 01/05/2026 19:39

Blimms · 01/05/2026 19:23

Saying what to a young girl? Only you are linking eating meat to a penis. Literally nobody else in the world would hear what the dr said and think about oral sex.

And, if you’re actually eating a penis during oral sex you are definitely doing it wrong

Exactly - who’s trying to swallow one?

susiedaisy1912 · 01/05/2026 19:44

🤣🤣🤣

Damnloginpopup · 01/05/2026 19:45

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 01/05/2026 19:37

Smut is in the eye of the beholder. Get it out with Optrex. (as Spike Milligan didn't quite say.)

Get it out you say?

Yarboosucks · 01/05/2026 19:51

Your friend is a prat for what they said, but you are worse. You had the chance to think about the ridiculousness of their comment but you wrote it down and posted it! If you ever need a colonoscopy, brave yourself!

MermaidofRye · 01/05/2026 19:56

Flowersforyourchocolateprettyplease · 01/05/2026 19:15

Drip feed alert, not NHS but point taken still.
I was doubting myself as friend said imagine him saying it to a young girl.

It did make me think twice hence asking.

Tell you what, next time that you are given an appointment in an effort to improve your health-don't go.

Stay at home and let someone else have your appointment, you absolute ungrateful twonk.

Your friend is a shit stirring lunatic and you are a soft head for entertaining it.

If you do want to be cared for and someone attempt to sort you out, sit down and pen them a letter of thanks.

If you do have the temerity to go again, tell the person trying to help you that it is easier for you to imagine swallowing a giant turd rather than a piece of meat, as you don't seem to have any problem swallowing the shit your friend tells you to.

Bedlingtonwarrior · 01/05/2026 20:01

Either grow up or get a life.
Ridiculous chauvanistic male friend !!!!!

NoWinnersOnlyLosers · 01/05/2026 20:01

This is one of the reasons the NHS is in tatters.

The amount of time wasted by doctors replying to such ludicrous complaints boggles the mind…

OP with all due respect, did he touch you in any untoward manner? Was he making sexual remarks? If not, just let it rest. They have a lot of responsibility and not the time to waste on such absurd non-issues. If he would have said imagine you are swallowing a big fat sausage whole… I would think twice.

Your friend has a lot of free time apparently. What about volunteering?

Yarboosucks · 01/05/2026 20:02

I think vegans are told to imagine they are deep throating a dildo.

PoppinjayPolly · 01/05/2026 20:06

Yarboosucks · 01/05/2026 20:02

I think vegans are told to imagine they are deep throating a dildo.

or an aubergine? 🍆

BunnyLake · 01/05/2026 20:12

PoppinjayPolly · 01/05/2026 20:06

or an aubergine? 🍆

😂

I think I might have sniggered but offended? God no, I was brought up on Carry On Doctor, Carry On Nurse and Carry On Matron!

MyCottageGarden · 01/05/2026 20:13

🤨🤣

Yarboosucks · 01/05/2026 20:18

But seriously OP, I think you should report your "friend". They have committed a thought crime against your gullet.

AD1509 · 01/05/2026 20:18

Don’t be stupid OP. You come across like an utter fanny here 👎

MaidMiriam · 01/05/2026 20:19

Completely reasonable description. I would have suppressed a snigger, a la Finbar Saunders from Viz, but then I am incredibly puerile.

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