What`s this `arrow in the knee` thing about?

Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:41 am

Now i`ve heard the `arrow in the knee` a few times around the internet and got Skyrim and now thsi guard says it. Normally I wouldn`t care, but i know it`s some kind of `injoke`.

What`s the joke? What`s so funny about getting an arrow in the knee?


I also noticed he said `The best offence is a good defence` which is stupid. Is that a joke as well?
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YO MAma
 
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:16 pm

its an in the knee joke
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Theodore Walling
 
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:46 am

I used to wonder what was so funny about taking an arrow to the knee, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
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Lawrence Armijo
 
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:59 am

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because he took an arrow to the knee.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:38 am

It's about 12 year olds posting it on youtube.
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Brooks Hardison
 
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:01 am

The joke came from Skyrim. The guard says "I used to be an adventurer like you until I took an arrow to the knee" and that got turned into a big joke
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Alisha Clarke
 
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:54 am

They took out some Armour that was in Oblivion which specifically covered the knee but they have gotten rid of it in Skyrim
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:14 am

People just heard it so many times from every guard. They heard it so often that it became a meme. It's also slightly funny that they all (potentially) used to be adventurers like the main character, but one single arrow in the knee stopped them.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:15 am

It's not something that can be easily explained...

It's been used in so many ways, and it is a good funny joke, that's why it's so popular.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:09 pm

Almost every guard you run in to will say they used to be an adventurer until they took an arrow to the knee. People heard it so much, it just caught on. One of the "jokes" is that in order to be a town guard, one must first be shot in the knee with an arrow, or getting hit in the knee instantly turns adventurers into guards.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:52 am

Well it looks like nobody is going to give you a sensible answer, so I will.

It's not an 'in-joke' as such. At least it wasn't to begin with. It is simply one of the standard lines of dialogue that the guards in the game use, and it has since very quickly become an annoying over-used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme on the internet.

That's basically it.

EDIT
Okay, it looks like a few people HAVE now given you a sensible answer, so there you go.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:57 am

My brother was an adventurer like you but took an arrow in the knee. What happened to me? I got stuck with guard duty.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:29 am

I blame Bethesda for this and the sweetroll thing!

:D
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:14 pm

When a guard says that I want to ask him why the hell he just didn't use a health potion.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:22 am

People just heard it so many times from every guard. They heard it so often that it became a meme.

Right

It's not something that can be easily explained...
It's been used in so many ways, and it is a good funny joke, that's why it's so popular.

Wrong
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:46 pm

So it actually came from Skyrim?

Ok, thanks, people.
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Terry
 
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:50 am

I took an arrow to the knee, THEN BECAME AN ADVENTURER.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:12 am

I actually heard a guard say it last night and LOL'd because I hadn't heard it in quite a while. My first character who was a good guy nord fighter seemed to hear it daily but he lived in Whiterun. My new character lives in Riften and I hardly hear it there, but this character is in the evil factions so they speak of the dark brotherhood and ratways constantly there. Perhaps it is somewhat location based.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:11 am

http://pete.com/files/thumbs/so-i-was-reading-this-book-and.jpg
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:03 am

"The best offence is a good defence" is a ancient saying that says defending yourself is the best way to beat the enemy in question, i think "the best defence is a good offence" is the better saying though (and neither are a joke or meme, not eveything on utube it meant to be funny you know).

as for arrow in the knee, it is funny and it became a meme. thats all folks.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:29 am

A funny joke that was then horribly overused.

Examples being the first comments in this thread, and youtube
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:22 pm

Its a joke because the guards in Skyrim say it.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:04 pm

It's an overused meme that was mediocre to begin with.

What a shame.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:20 am

Truth is, I used to make arrow in the knee jokes, but then I took an arrow in the knee.
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Post » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:41 am

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw659fxuxJ1r82qcoo1_500.jpg
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