Opening Night for the Hypnotist
It was opening night at the Orpheum and The Amazing Claude
was topping the bill. People came from miles around to see the
famed hypnotist do 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 this 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. Its 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 gleamed off its polished surface. Hundreds of pairs of
eyes
followed the swaying watch.......
Suddenly the watch slipped from the hypnotist's fingers and
fell to the floor, breaking into a hundred pieces.
"Shit!" said the hypnotist.
It took three weeks to clean up the theater.
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