The surgeons were literally edging away from the table

Things you don't want to hear the anesthetist say in the operating theatre:
"Is he still alive?"
"Does he have a pulse?"
"Can you feel the carotid for me?"
"Feel the damn carotid!"

The patient was ultimately fine, but that was the first time I'd ever seen an anesthetic "go wrong." We all had a destressing laugh after about how close to doing CPR we all were. Good times.

Ahhh.