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Claude was topping the bill. People came from miles around to see the
famed hypnotist does his stuff. As Claude took to the stage, he
announced,
Unlike most stage hypnotists who invite two or three people up onto the
stage to be put into a trance, I intend to hypnotize each and every
member
of the audience."
The excitement was almost electric as Claude withdrew a beautiful
antique pocket watch from his coat. "I want you each to keep your eye on
this antique watch. It's a very special watch. It's been in my family
for
six generations." He began to swing the watch gently back and forth
while
quietly chanting, "Watch the watch, watch the watch, watch the
watch...."
The crowd became mesmerized as the watch swayed back and forth, light
gleaming off its polished surface. Hundreds of pairs of eyes followed
the
swaying watch, until suddenly it slipped from the hypnotist's fingers
and
fell to the floor, breaking into a hundred pieces.
"Sh!t," said the hypnotist.
It took three weeks to clean up the theater
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