They did surgery on a grape. They did what now? They did surgery on a grape. It’s true. Robot doctors did surgery on a grape. While the actual operation on the fruit happened years ago, the internet resurfaced the peculiar procedure and turned grape surgery into memes as fine as an aged wine.
Surgeons at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois used the da Vinci Surgical System, which costs nearly $2 million. To practice their robotic doctor skills they used fruit instead of real humans. A video of a surgery on a grape was published in 2010.
Then there is this video showing the robot arms stitching up the patient after they did surgery on a grape and it is truly incredible.
The internet loved the idea of sick fruit getting the important health care they needed and thus the “they did surgery on a grape” meme was created. Twitter exploded with funny puns, hilarious jokes, and awesome “they did surgery on a grape” (TDSOAG) memes.
— No Jumper (@nojumper) November 24, 2018
Burger going to visit grape after surgery pic.twitter.com/QON9MKt4Cd
— wesley (@esleyeaton) November 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/homedepotfan91/status/1066066330019803136
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You: They did surgery on a grape
Me: The California Raisins released four studio albums— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) November 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/yalllism/status/1066325329202069505
https://twitter.com/youstupidtwink/status/1066341825667977217
THEY DID SURGERY ON A GRAPE pic.twitter.com/sVe0vnnRSX
— Todd 'Papi' Carlos (@TheToddWilliams) November 24, 2018
lol= laughing out loud
tmi= too much information
brb= be right back
ttyl= talk to you later
tdsoag= they did surgery on a grape— erin (taylor’s version) (@youareinlqve) November 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/_Zxiid_/status/1066377488408944640
https://twitter.com/goodbeanalt/status/1066163536710246400
Even brands such as Burger King and Wendy’s jumped on the “they did surgery on a grape” phenomenon to get some free publicity.
No one can ever say dipping fries in your Frosty is weird again.
They did surgery on a grape.
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) November 25, 2018
They did surgery on a Whopper. pic.twitter.com/hm17csrxjR
— Burger King (@BurgerKingUK) November 26, 2018
Last May, surgeons in Australia posted their surgery on a grape on Twitter. The tweet gave a behind-the-scenes look at doctors using the da Vinci Surgical System to perform an operation on a fruit. Dr. Declan Murphy, an oncologist from Melbourne, was the surgeon in the video and says that the patient’s name is “Grapey McGrapeface.”
BEHIND THE SCENES. Here's some pictures from today's shoot with Peter Mac's Director of Robotic Surgery @declangmurphy showing @ScopeTV11 how our da Vinci Xi robot works, performing precision surgery on a grape. #roboticsurgery #robot #davinciXi pic.twitter.com/dfzGszpzN6
— Peter Mac Cancer Centre (@PeterMacCC) May 29, 2018
The da Vinci Surgical System has been the source of several lawsuits in recent years because some say there are higher risks of infections and complications with patients. No word on how many grapes were harmed.
They did surgery on a grape meme is fantastic, but the big neck guy meme is head, shoulders, and neck above.
[BBC]