It was entertainment night at the senior centre, and the Amazing
Claude was topping the bill. People came from miles around to see the
famed hypnotist do his stuff. As Claude went to the front of the
meeting room, he announced, "Unlike most hypnotists who invite two or
three people up here 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 was 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.........................
"SHIT!" said the hypnotist...
It took three days to clean up the senior centre.