{"id":5170,"date":"2008-01-18T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T07:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2008-01-18T13:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-18T07:59:00","slug":"toshi-sabri-and-the-piano-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/toshi-sabri-and-the-piano-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Toshi Sabri and the Piano Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an old joke<\/a> about the guy who has surgery on his hands, and when the doctor comes to see him, asks: “Doctor, will I be able to play the piano when these bandages come off?”<\/p>\n

The doctor says he will. The patient replies, “That’s funny. I wasn’t able to play it before.”<\/p>\n

I am reminded of that story by an article on Toshi Sabri<\/a> in Mid Day<\/i>. Sabri, a former contestant on Voice of India<\/i>, was attacked by some unknown assailants at Andheri station recently, and the Mid Day<\/i> correspondent went to see him in hospital. He reports:<\/p>\n

\n

[Sabri] says his voice quality has improved and his memory sharpened after the attack.<\/p>\n

“After my stitches were removed three days ago, I was practising a song in my hospital bed and realised I could comfortably sing high notes. Earlier, I had to put in an extra effort while singing those same notes,” said Toshi.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hmm…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is an old joke<\/a> about the guy who has surgery on his hands, and when the doctor comes to see him, asks: “Doctor, will I be able to play the piano when these bandages come off?”<\/p>\n

The doctor says he will. The patient replies, “That’s funny. I wasn’t able to play it before.”<\/p>\n

I am reminded of that story by an article on Toshi Sabri<\/a> in Mid Day<\/i>. Sabri, a former contestant on Voice of India<\/i>, was attacked by some unknown assailants at Andheri station recently, and the Mid Day<\/i> correspondent went to see him in hospital. He reports:<\/p>\n

\n

[Sabri] says his voice quality has improved and his memory sharpened after the attack.<\/p>\n

“After my stitches were removed three days ago, I was practising a song in my hospital bed and realised I could comfortably sing high notes. Earlier, I had to put in an extra effort while singing those same notes,” said Toshi.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hmm…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,15],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nToshi Sabri and the Piano Joke - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/toshi-sabri-and-the-piano-joke\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toshi Sabri and the Piano Joke - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is an old joke about the guy who has surgery on his hands, and when the doctor comes to see him, asks: “Doctor, will I be able to play the piano when these bandages come off?” The doctor says he will. The patient replies, “That’s funny. 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