An arrow to the knee 

An overused joke/reference to Skyrim. It goes by: "I used to do/be/have/etc. a <whatever you used to do/be/have/etc>, but then I took an arrow to the knee."

Most of the time, it it completely unrelated and makes you look like an idiot.

1. I used to have a house, but I took an arrow to the knee.
2. I used to write "arrow to the knee jokes", but I took an arrow to the knee.

An arrow to the knee by AwesomeGuy123456 January 2, 2012

I used to be an adventurer just like you, then I took an arrow to the knee 

The most overly used phrase in gaming history. From the game Skyrim.

Guard: I used to be an adventurer just like you, then I took an arrow to the knee.

Player: LOL

I used to be an adventurer just like you, then I took an arrow to the knee by I'mAddictedToUrbanDictionary March 22, 2013

took an arrow to the knee

"Took an arrow to the knee" is a popular internet meme derived from the video game "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim".

In the game, different characters in the game will say, "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow to the knee". To parody this the meme has taken the format, "I used to X, then I took an arrow to the knee".

This meme is usually found in the comment sections of various websites and is expressed with facetious intent.

I used to not know what this meme meant, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

I was watching this video, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

took an arrow to the knee by Kyzzn December 15, 2011

But then I took an arrow to the knee 

the universal excuse for why you didn't do something. A.K.A the most common youtube comment.

Girl: Did you go to the store today.
Guy: I was going to, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

But then I took an arrow to the knee by Spongebob1 June 18, 2012

then I took an arrow to the knee 

to plan on doing something, having done something, or did something, only to get shot in the knee by an arrow.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's version of Stop right there criminal scum!

1. I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow to the knee.

2. I used to have severe acne. Then I took an arrow to the knee.

then I took an arrow to the knee by HighKingTorygg December 4, 2011

I took an arrow to the knee 

Catch phrase from the game 'The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim' in which the guards have a repeating phrase throughout the game. Sparked an internet meme, including much fan art and responses from other existing memes.

'I used to be an adventurer like you, until I took an arrow to the knee.

I took an arrow to the knee by Arswaw December 15, 2011

Then I took an arrow to the knee 

A popular internet meme which has derived from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, in which town guardsmen will often say to the player "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow to the knee".

The meme is often used as a response in forum posts or YouTube comments, particularly to people thinking of past events in their life.

Guy 1: "Look at my new Gamecube!"
Guy 2: "Yeah I used to have one of those"
Guy 1: "...Then I took an arrow to the knee"

Or as a way of expressing the fact that Skyrim is the game to be playing right now. For example:

YouTube comment from 2008 - "GTA IV is the best game ever! I'm gonna play it forever!"
Reply to the comment from 2011 - "Then I took an arrow to the knee."

Then I took an arrow to the knee by Someone you don't need to know January 11, 2012