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Fri 09 Sep 2007Saint or Sinha?A fat, gay, Asian doctor? Sounds like material for a comedy act. But Paul Sinha prefers to joke about minor moments - like being on a quiz show with Pat Kenny. He talks to Brian BoydIF COMEDY prizes were awarded to the best line, then Paul Sinha would have won last year's If.Com award (formerly the Perrier) at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A coruscating routine about how the media report murder cases finished with a line about the coverage afforded the violent death of model Sally Anne Bowman. That unprintable line alone, should have been enough for the If.Com panel but the overall award went to Phil Nichol.