Tiger Pataudi’s witty riposte

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was never lost for words!

This is a true story narrated by Saif Ali Khan about his father.

“My dad [Tiger Pataudi] was once hospitalised with a dislocated his shoulder. The doctors were trying to put it back and he was howling in pain. One of the doctors told him, “There is a woman next door who has given birth to twins and she is not making as much noise as you are.”

“To which my dad replied, ‘Well tell her to put the twins back and see if she howls or not!’”

Pataudi was never lost for words!

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