Arrow in the knee : V

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:33 am

I've heard it for the longest of time, and i have NO IDEA what the reference is to. I get the sweetroll, just not he arrow in the knee thing. x.x

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:06 am

Talk to a guard long enough and you'll get it, I'm sure.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:48 am

Sometimes the town guards say "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee."

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:17 pm

It's not a reference to anything really. Just something that guards utter constantly and can easily be reworded to fit a variety of situations, so the meme crowd has latched onto it.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:42 am

Sometimes the town guards say "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee."

Yeah i know, but everyone seems to act like its the greatest joke ever. I don't get it. x.x

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:40 am

Memes will be memes. Funny doesn't matter, catchy does.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:54 am

Blame skyrims lack of decent archers (barring the ones shooting at the player)

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:15 am

So it isn't a reference?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:58 am

Maybe it used to be a reference, then it took an arrow in the knee.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:07 pm

I agree, it's unfunny and was old after day one. There are much better quotes and dialogue in the game but I guess it's good that they're not made memes out of, that would destroy them, like memes do with everything.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:41 am

i used to know the references but then i took an arrow in the knee :cry:

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:38 am

Maybe you need to equip a bow to remind him how he got to be a guard

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:02 am

I agree, it's unfunny and was old after day one. There are much better quotes and dialogue in the game but I guess it's good that they're not made memes out of, that would destroy them, like memes do with everything.

I agree! People should move on with the knee joke!

To OP: You should play more skyrim to catch on with these jokes!

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:21 am

I was going to explain the reference...

But then someone stole my sweetroll.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:44 am

I agree! People should move on with the knee joke!

To OP: You should play more skyrim to catch on with these jokes!

I've played over 100 hours and i've heard that joke countless times. I just have no idea why its so popular on this forum and on you tube. I don't understand the reference/joke.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:09 pm

Do you know what’s wrong with Skyrim these days?...

everyone's obsessed with death.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:02 am

I was going to explain the reference...

But then someone stole my sweetroll.

I love it.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:50 pm

I agree, it's unfunny and was old after day one. There are much better quotes and dialogue in the game but I guess it's good that they're not made memes out of, that would destroy them, like memes do with everything.

What's the matter?

... did someone steal your sweetroll?

...

Youtube is COMPLETELY infested with the "arrow in the knee" jokes.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:44 am

Do you know what’s wrong with Skyrim these days?...

everyone's obsessed with death.

I thought it was kneecapping and pastry rustling... :blink:

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:54 pm

It's trite and annoying and bound to be around for a while.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:53 am

Yeah i know, but everyone seems to act like its the greatest joke ever. I don't get it. x.x

Some people just are meme-proof. What a sad life that must be

I think it got a lot of attention after the " I used to play Skyrim, but then I took a patch to the knee".

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:46 pm

It's trite and annoying and bound to be around for a while.

I used to find the meme trite and annoying, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:15 pm

I've played over 100 hours and i've heard that joke countless times. I just have no idea why its so popular on this forum and on you tube. I don't understand the reference/joke.

It's easy to remember because the guards say it so often, and because the guards say it so often ... it becomes a pain to hear it all of the time. Often when people are in pain, they joke about it... you know, to have the strength to survive. To joke about the arrow in the knee thing is therefore not just a joke... it's a matter of human survivalism at its very end.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:50 am

people take the least funny, most annoying, and most versatile quote in a game, and spam the living hell out of it. just get used to it.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:54 am

Some people just are meme-proof. What a sad life that must be

I think it got a lot of attention after the " I used to play Skyrim, but then I took a patch to the knee".

wtf, its [censored]... If what i understand is right, it has no reference other than a random comment a guard makes. Why would that catch on? I didn't even think twice after i heard it, only to come onto the forum and everyone and their grandma quoting it. I thought it was some sort of Arena/Daggerfall reference that i didn't remember.