Subj : A joke. Is it understandable in English? To : Alexander Koryagin From : Anton Shepelev Date : Fri May 13 2022 17:24:48 Alexander Koryagin: 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." I see that you hid your question in the subject, forgetting that it is the extreme summary of the body, rather than an opening sentence: A joke. Is it understandable in English? Yes, I think that joke can be rendered in English: -- When I was twenty I was lifting 200 kg! -- Impossible! Even the world record is below that. -- Yes I was lifting that weight, although I never lifted it. --- * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0) .