The Amazing Claude

It was entertainment night at the senior center and the Amazing Claude was
topping the bill. People came from miles around to see the famed hypnotist
do his stuff. As Claude went to the front of the meeting room, he announced,
"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 changing,
"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 two weeks to clean up the senior center.