Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:

AK>  "When I was 20 I lifted a weight 300 kilograms!"
AK>  "That's impossible, even a world record-holder didn't do it!" 
AK>  "But I lifted. Although I hadn't lifted it."


          This joke has potential... but initially I found it confusing because you say you lifted something, then tell us you didn't lift it.  While the first sentence misleads the audience... as it was probably designed to do... a bit of rewording might more easily lead to the "Why didn't I think of that?" you want.

          A total of xxx kilograms in a year is not difficult to achieve... for young & able-bodied folk.  At 629 grams per mug of home made tea or coffee, I'd pass this test with flying colours even if I did nothing beyond feeding myself. But when you say "I lifted a weight (of) 300 kilograms" the implication appears to be that you were lifting barbells in a gym & did it within seconds.  That is what the audience makes of the claim in your example, which I guess is what you were hoping.  If you say you "lifted xxx kilograms" without specifying how long it took &/or what you actually did this story might be more effective.  I'm not suggesting you change the initial claim except by leaving out a few words.  The audience may still jump to conclusions.  If they do, it's not your fault... you can smile sweetly & add "I never said I'd lifted this weight all at once".  :-Q




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