The Hypnotist at the Senior Center
Senior 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. |