Claude the Magician
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 each of you to keep your
eyes 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,
gleaming the spot lights 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.
