"Unlike most hypnotists who invite two or three people up here 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.

"Sh*t" said the Hypnotist.

It took three days to clean up the senior center.