It was entertainment night at the Senior Center and a hypnotist was the starring act.

Claude the hypnotist exclaimed to the crowd: "I'm here to put you into a trance; I intend to hypnotize each and every member of the audience. You'll do anything I say."

The excitement was almost electric as Claude withdrew a beautiful antique pocket watch from his coat and told the audience: "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, and 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 Claude's fingers and fell to the floor, breaking into a hundred pieces.

"$hit!" exclaimed the hypnotist.

They say it took three days to clean up the Senior Center.
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