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View Voting Results:SmartestandFunniest (4) Funniest 40 minutes ago Doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the surgery? Great! Because I never could before (0) Funniest 33 minutes ago i had sax in my hands during the team-call this morning Mr. Shabooboo (4) Funniest 33 minutes ago Notabunny: Doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the surgery? Great! Because I never could before / I love you Dr. Zaius! (0) Funniest 33 minutes ago True story - I played the clarinet. Now I don't want to. stuhayes2010 (0) Funniest 31 minutes ago Isn't Parkinson's a resting tremor? you shake when not using the limb, but when you use it the shaking stops? 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Because I never could before Mr. Shabooboo: Notabunny: Doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the surgery? Great! Because I never could before [frinkiac.com image 640x480] / I love you Dr. Zaius! "Ooh, I love legitimate the-ate-er." Ragin' Asian (0) Funniest less than a minute ago I thought this was pretty commonplace for patients with artistic talent. It's been at least ten years since I've been reading about people playing guitar, keyboard, or sketching while undergoing brain surgery. (0) Funniest less than a minute ago Displayed 23 of 23 comments Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results:SmartestandFunniest Redisplay/refresh comments If you're having problems voting, quoting, or posting comments, try disabling any browser add-ons that might disable Javascript (NoScript, AdBlock, etc).See our FAQ. Forgot password? 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Patient with Parkinson's disease plays clarinet during brain procedure at London hospital. Which is even more amazing because she had a sax in her hands (apnews.com)

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Doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the surgery?

Great! Because I never could before

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33 minutes ago

i had sax in my hands during the team-call this morning

Mr. Shabooboo

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33 minutes ago

Notabunny: Doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the surgery?

Great! Because I never could before

/ I love you Dr. Zaius!

(0) Funniest

33 minutes ago

True story - I played the clarinet. Now I don't want to.

stuhayes2010

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31 minutes ago

Isn't Parkinson's a resting tremor? you shake when not using the limb, but when you use it the shaking stops?

(0) Funniest

34 minutes ago

SloppyFrenchKisser

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34 minutes ago

(1) Funniest

34 minutes ago

Candy Dulfer - My Funk

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YolanDa Brown feat Shingai Shoniwa (Noisettes) Live at Barbican

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『Lover Come Back To Me』 大西由希子×川口千里(Senri Kawaguchi)×岩永真奈×長崎祥子

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34 minutes ago

Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together

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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Sabine Meyer · Tomàs Grau · OCM · Palau de la Música Catalana

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less than a minute ago

V V Brown Performs at the 2010 BGR! Awards | BLACK GIRLS ROCK!

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T.O.P. QUEENS - Only So Much Oil In The Ground - (Tributo a Tower of Power)

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For some reason I'm thinking of Raj in BBT.

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Seinfeld - Avantgarde Jazz

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stuhayes2010: Isn't Parkinson's a resting tremor? you shake when not using the limb, but when you use it the shaking stops?

The reason this is interesting is not because she can play the clarinet, but because she played the clarinet during brain surgery.
After writing this I think I get your point: shouldn't she should have been at rest during surgery because that's when the tremors would have been present?

(1) Funniest

less than a minute ago

I suppose they needed a lot of instruments to make the surgery work.

OtherLittleGuy

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Abox: [Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/m8xsSAm0FMc]

fast show - jackson jeffrey jackson

Bith Set Me Up

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Notabunny: Doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the surgery?

Great! Because I never could before

Mr. Shabooboo: Notabunny: Doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the surgery?

Great! Because I never could before

[frinkiac.com image 640x480]
/ I love you Dr. Zaius!

"Ooh, I love legitimate the-ate-er."

Ragin' Asian

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I thought this was pretty commonplace for patients with artistic talent. It's been at least ten years since I've been reading about people playing guitar, keyboard, or sketching while undergoing brain surgery.

(0) Funniest

less than a minute ago

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