“Oh you mean I need to go down like six inches from my origin in the brain to the laryx? Well fuck you! I’m gonna go all the way down till I hit the lungs then loop under the aorta before heading back up the same direction I came from and then I’ll reach the larynx” — The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

Really gives me Zapp Brannigan “now there’s a route with some chest hair” vibes