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The Cylinder Must Not Be Harmed

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Frank: Incident came up during my day off so I have a question for the group
Frank: How would you get a cylinder (6.1in length, ~4.5in girth) unstuck from a M&Ms tube filled with butter and microwaved mashed banana?

Santos: KJHGKJSHAKJ DID YOU GET YOUR DICK STUCK IN AN M&M TUBE

Notes:

i thought teehee wouldn't this be a funny au as i reread the original post and then this was suddenly sitting in front of me

major thank you to reddit, a cesspool that is occasionally hilarious

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ER Dayshift

Santos
Who’s on the woman in five
Heather
Donnie and I have her, why? Is she coding?
Santos
No, she’s just a massive headache and I wanted to see who’s stuck with her lmaooo
Heather
Rude
Santos
❤️

Today at 6:37 PM

Frank
Incident came up during my day off so I have a question for the group
How would you get a cylinder (6.1in length, ~4.5in girth) unstuck from a M&Ms tube filled with butter and microwaved mashed banana?
Santos
KJHGKJSHAKJ
DID YOU GET YOUR DICK STUCK IN AN M&M TUBE
Frank
It’s a cylinder.
Santos
LMAOOOOO
Donnie
Holy shit
Frank
Not a lot of helpful feedback in this group chat of medical professionals
Santos
I feel like I should be thanking someone for this moment 🙏 god or katy perry or something
Frank
Anyone other than Santos want to weigh in here?
Donnie
Are you coming in?
Frank
Why would I do that, I’m fine
Donnie
Your dick is stuck in an M&M tube??
Frank
It’s an unrelated cylinder
Santos
I mean I’m so used to giving and now I get to receive…
Frank
You know you’re not helping right?
Santos
You know I’m not trying to right?
Ellis
Maybe you should think about what you’ve done
Frank
That’s all I’m doing
Wait aren’t you supposed to be sleeping right now, why are you in the dayshift chat
Ellis
Trinity texted me
Frank
Goddamn it
Cassie
Maybe experiment with thinking before you act, maybe that will help you in the future
Frank
🖕
And not helpful right now, *sponsor*
Cassie
This is good clean fun as far as I’m concerned

Yoyo has been added to “ER Dayshift”

Frank
You love your job, you love your job, you love your job
Yoyo
WHAT DID YOU DO
Frank
You don’t actually get a vote here 🖕🙂
Samira
Try urinating?
Frank
I’m not sure what urinating can do about my trapped cylinder but okay
Mateo
What’s so important about this cylinder? Can you just cut it off at the base or something?
Frank
It’s attached to a larger structure
Which is also important to keep safe and undamaged
Mateo
You could use a butter knife to loosen the entrance?
Frank
I’m not comfortable having a knife that close to the cylinder
Santos
Frank
Still not helping
Anyone not named Santos want to get on their phones during work time
Whitaker
You could saw through the M&M container
Frank
I don’t want to risk what’s inside
Donnie
Sounds valuable
Frank
Many would say it is
Santos
LMAO
Frank
Shut up
Ogilvie
If you freeze the container, you could smash the cylinder free
Frank
No.
Not an option.
Yoyo
If you cut the cylinder cutting off the M&M container there are repair specialists that can help you. For a fee.
Santos
Really depends on how much you value the cylinder
Frank
Once again, it is imperative that the cylinder and larger structure remain unharmed
Donnie
Wait for the cylinder to go soft
Frank
What if the cylinder hasn’t changed size in approximately three hours?
Donnie
Then come on down to work bud
Frank
No.
And I don’t know what the ER could do for an unrelated cylinder
Santos
You can avoid it all you want but everyone knows that you got your tiny dick stuck in a tube and are too embarrassed to admit it. Wait or get down here but we all know what you did
Frank
It’s not a tiny dick, its an above average sized cylinder.
Mel
Frank, Trinity just told me to check my phone and I haven’t had time to read all the messages
What happened
Santos
Hi Mel, go ahead and scroll up
Ellis
Hi Mel, just scroll up
Frank
Hey Mel, don’t do that.
Santos
I just wanted to get our cylinder expert on the case to help out
It was Garcia's idea
Frank
That’s such an interesting high horse for Yoyo to take, almost like she thinks I don’t have photos from freshman year of undergrad anymore
Yoyo
You wouldn’t dare
Frank
The cylinder. Must remain. Unharmed.
My dignity would be nice too
Santos
Way too late for that
Yoyo
I hate you
Mel
How large is the cylinder
Frank
Big
Santos
I thought you said it was average
Frank
I remeasured.
Mel
So it’s a big cylinder?
Frank
Yes
Santos
No
Frank
Yes.
Mel
Let me think
Donnie
Things to learn from this experience: don’t start with live testing
Ellis
Any new updates on the situation?
Any new cylinders in play?
Cassie
Did you get shy?
That might actually help all things considered
Frank
Mateo
How's the larger structure?
Frank
Not taking questions right now. Thank you.
Santos
When and in what format will you share your research?
Frank
Classified.
Donnie
That’s not very ‘man of the people’ of you
Frank
The materials involved are sensitive. They shouldn’t be given undo stress
Santos
You mean the m&m tube that your dick is stuck in
Frank
Cylinder. And no.
Yoyo
Is the Larger Structure able to maintain self respect after the cylinder incident?
Santos
Great question
Frank
Not a great question, terrible question
Rude ass question
Yoyo
I see you’re not answering
Frank
I see four pictures in my camera roll where you’re streaking in front of a cop
Yoyo
LET ME LIVE
Santos
And are those photos in some kind of shared google album or-
Frank
Not after the last twenty minutes of harassment
Santos
Stop teeing me up if you don't want me to say something??
This is entrapment
Mateo
I just wanna say you are an inspiration to us all
I wish more people had the confidence to just shove a small cylinder (6.1in length, approx 4.5in girth) in a M&M tube filled with microwaved mashed bananas and butter without hesitation
Victoria
#whatdatmean 👀
Santos
Scroll up
Frank
When did small enter the conversation? It's average. A little big even
I take everything I said back
Don’t you people have work to do, how are so many of you in this chat right now
Victoria
You’re currently the messiest patient on the board
Frank
That terrible news, Pittsburgh do better
Santos
Don’t curse us like that
Donnie
Asshole
Mel
There are too many options according to google, I’m not really sure how to give advice without seeing it
I can come over when my shift ends
Santos
HKJGDKJHDK
Frank
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THAT
Mel
You still live in the brownstone right?
Frank
MEL IT’S OKAY
Donnie
BETS! GET YOUR BETS IN NOW!
Mel
I can be there around twenty after!
Santos
LMAOOOOO
Frank
FUCK
Santos
This is high art
Mel with the steel chair
Siri how do you frame a text chain
Dana
All of you get off your phones and get back to work
You don’t get paid to Twitter
Donnie
They’re supposed to be paying us?
Santos
Dana do you know whats going on
Dana
I know you’re all on your phones and not on your patients
Victoria
Gross
Ellis
I think we got an HR lecture about how we’re not supposed to do that
Dana
Don’t try to distract me
Brando Chalemet and Taylor Rodrigo can wait until the board doesn’t look like Christmas morning
Emma
So many proper nouns
Victoria
None of them correct…
Santos
How many tries do you think it will take for her to get a celebrity right?
Dana
My boot. Your ass. Get back to work.
Victoria
🫡
Santos
Switch to the other chat
Dana
What was that?
Santos
I said put on a can do attitude and pick up a new patient 👍
Dana
That’s more like it

Today at 7:34 PM

Mel
The cylinder is free and unharmed 😀

Several people are typing…


Notes:

Frank typing his initial message: yeah this is #subtle absolutely no one is gonna catch on
Santos within .5 milliseconds: i'm gonna ruin this man's life

Mel, internally: i wish i was that mashed banana 😔

Frank opening his door with the world's strangest dick print in his joggers: 👁️👄👁️ hi, uh, nice weather we're having-

Birthdays are celebrated irregularly in the ER but Cylinder Day is a can't miss event complete with streamers, a cake, and a dramatic reading in the breakroom