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Can there be anything more shocking?! Smoking in bed! And in a HOSPITAL bed at that! With all the nurses and doctors around! And to top it all, it's CUBAN cigars we are talking! Inconceivable. Virraj était bien décidé à épater le monde.

But watch what happens. Virraj Sorhvi, bedridden and hospitalized for over a year and a half at the time, decides to chuck caution to the wind and to light up for the fun of it. The outcome of his bravery — or brazenness, as the case may be — may surprise you. While caught in the act by a (male) nurse who arrives on the scene by coincidence to check the patient's blood pressure at just the wrong moment (or the right moment, depending on the point of view), Virraj discovers all is not lost as he unexpectedly finds willing accomplices (and indeed partners) in his malfeasance among the people around him... (Indeed, heartened by this development, Virraj hazards a self-confident mobster impersonation in the few final frames of the clip.)

But wait for the denouement, which you will find in the LAST LINE OF CREDITS at the end of the clip, and which will reveal a third-country connection to this supposedly Indo-Cuban cabal... In short, enjoy 6 minutes and 20 seconds of pure and undiluted hilarity! (Nevertheless, it must be noted that the blood-pressure check by a nurse on duty was an entirely unplanned episode, having happened unexpectedly during the video-shoot in testimony to the clinical conditions in which this video was recorded; it brings an authentically medical element to the piece — thereby bridging the comedy and medicine genres to which this video thus severally belongs.)

♦ N.B. Watch the companion pieces to this video, "The Making of the 'Cuban Cigar' Video", on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEHP2WafNmI (Part I), and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdj4C8S7Y40 (Part II).


♦ Virraj has been hospitalized continuously since 4 July 2005; he had undergone treatment at this particular institution between 6 July 2006 and 24 September 2007. For the latest info, visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/virraj

♦ video location: Orthopaedics Ward, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College Hospital, Mullana, District Ambala, Haryana, India
♦ video date: Sunday, 21 January 2007 (16:26:42 IST | 10:56:42 GMT) — 567th day of Virraj's hospitalization overall (200th day at Mullana)

♥♥♥Greetings to the viewers of my video in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and other parts of the world!♥♥♥

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• cuban
• cigar
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• sphygmomanometer
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• pressure
• patient
• smoking
• virraj
• sorhvi

[sameegrl]

Ha! Busted!! That's great, your mom! My mom slept next to me in the hospital and brought me junk food!

[VirrajSorhvi]

she should spearhead a research study on the health benefits of twinkies

[samueldog01]

Haha, you sure deserve that Cuban!

[VirrajSorhvi]

But my veins are overflowing with Alexandrian blood (Alexander certainly popped in for a visit here, as you must know!!!). And forbidden fruit always tastes better whenever and wherever it is forbidden! (Alexander knew all about that, no?)

[VirrajSorhvi]

Κι όμως, οι φλέβες μου ξεχειλίζουν από Αλεξανδρινό αίμα (ο Αλέξανδρος σαφώς και πέρασε για μια επισκεψούλα από εδώ, όπως θα ξέρεις!!!). Και ο απαγορευμένος καρπός έχει πάντα καλύτερη γέυση όποτε και όπου κι αν απαγορεύεται (o Αλέξανδρος τα ήξερε όλα αυτά, έτσι δεν είναι;).

[outis27]

Κάπνισμα μέσα στο νοσοκομείο? Μάλλον στην Ινδία έχετε και λίγο ελληνικό αίμα στις φλέβες σας από την εποχή του Αλέξανδρου. ;)

Περαστικά, Virraj, και σύντομα να καπνίζεις κουβανέζικα πούρα στο σπίτι σου!