[CobraDan]

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
beautiful antique pocket watch from his coat & said, "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 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.

"Sh*t!" exclaimed the angry hypnotist.

It took three weeks to clean up the theater.