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Terry Todd and Jim Smith referee a weightlifting contest. The weights used were 40 pounds for men and 10 pounds for women. Sri Chinmoy added an extra degree of difficulty by requesting that contestants sing for the duration of their attempt.

Dr. Todd completes 37 repetitions. Everyone was supposed to sing while lifting but, unfortunately, Dr. Todd forgot to sing in spite of the fact that he has a very good singing voice! Deliberately, he stopped lifting at 37, though he could easily have done more. He wanted Sri Chinmoy to win.

Mr. Smith does 19 repetitions. Mr. Smith is clever. By stopping at 19, he was able to preserve all his precious energy for the evening performance. He did a magnificent demonstration in the evening using very heavy weights. In that way, we can excuse him. Although Mr. Smith used to be a choirboy in his youth, he too forgot to sing.