Entertainment Night

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 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.

"Shit!" said the Hypnotist...

It took three weeks to clean up the senior center.