Hypnotist

It was opening night at the Orpheum theater and the Amazing Eileen was
topping the bill. People came from miles around to see the famed
hypnotist do her stuff.

As the Amazing Eileen took to the stage, she announced, ''Unlike most
stage hypnotists who invite two or three people up onto the stage to
be put into a trance, I intend to hypnotize each and every member of
the audience.''

The excitement was almost electric as the Amazing Eileen withdrew a
beautiful antique pocket watch from her coat.

''I want you each to keep your eye on this antique watch. It's a very
special watch. Its been in my family for six generations.''

She 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.

''Sh*t'' said the hypnotist.

It took three weeks to clean up the theatre.

~Nishant