can we get on with it?

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

Hi!

S: Surgeon
N: Nurse

S: Oh, there you are nurse. Hm, better late than never, I suppose.
N: Pardon?
S: I said better late than never. Now, come along nurse. Scrub up.
N: Why do I have to wash? My hands are clean!
S: When I tell you to do something, you do it; no questions asked. Do you understand?
N: I understand.
S: Anyway your hands can never be washed enough before surgery. Ha, yes, now mask.
N: Mask, oh, mask, mask.
S: Pull it over the nose nurse.
N: Oh. Oh, poor patient, is he dead?
S: Of course he's not dead. He's alive.
N: If he's alive, why isn't he moving? Has he fainted?
S: No, he hasn't fainted. He's under anesthetic. We gave him a needle.
N: Why?
S: So he won't feel any pain while he is being operated on.
N: Oh, who is he going to be operated on by?
S: Ha, questions, questions! He is going to be operated on by me, of course.
N: So, you're the doctor?
S: Yes, yes, I am the surgeon and you are the nurse. You see how it works? Now, can we get on with it?
N: Ah, you mean we're going to operate now?
S: Yes.

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What does 'can we get on with it?' mean here?

Thanks

Responses

4 +4	now, can we get started?	Yasutomo Kanazawa
5 +1	Can we start the actual work/task?	Kauntay Parekh

Change log

May 5, 2023 10:45: Yana Dovgopol changed "Vetting" from "Needs Vetting" to "Vet OK"

May 5, 2023 10:45: Yana Dovgopol changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

May 5, 2023 11:45: Jennifer Levey changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

May 19, 2023 05:53: Yasutomo Kanazawa Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Christopher Schröder, Rob Grayson, Jennifer Levey

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Discussion

Daryo May 7, 2023: Maybe ... because your teacher is not supposed to be the one doing your test / homework? It does sound familiar - it's a script from some comedy / parody - a similar question was already asked.
AllegroTrans May 5, 2023: If it's coursework Why not ask the course teacher?
philgoddard May 5, 2023: I've seen this text before - I wonder if it's coursework or something.
Christopher Schröder May 5, 2023: Is there no way of filtering out beginner-level questions like these?