WIt was entertainment night at the Lufkin, Texas Senior
Center and over 300 seniors came to see the show.
Claude the hypnotist exclaimed, 'I'm here to put you 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, 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 Hypnotist's' fingers and fell to the floor, breaking into a
hundred pieces.
'SHIT!' said the Hypnotist.
It took three days to clean up the Senior Center."