The Hypnotist
It was opening night at the theatre and people came from miles around to
see the famed hypnotist do his stuff. As the hypnotist 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 he 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
gleaming off its brilliantly polished surface.
Hundreds of pairs of dazed eyes followed the swaying watch, until suddenly
it accidently 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.
