{OT} hypnotist -->joke<--

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 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. 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.

"S--t," said the hypnotist.

It took three weeks to clean up the theater.