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 2 or three people up here to be put in 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 to keep your eye on this antique watch. It is a very special watch. It
has been in my family for six generations.'

He began to swing the watch gently back and forth while chanting,
'Watch the watch, watch the watch, watch the watch, watch the watch
the 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 hypnotists fingers and fell to the floor, breaking into a hundred
pieces.

'Crap,' said the hypnotist.

It took 3 days to clean up the senior center.

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