> It was opening night at the theater 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 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.
> >
> > "Shit!" said the hypnotist.
> >
> > It took three weeks to clean up the theater.
> >
> >
>