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September 14th 03, 01:29 AM
>> The Hypnotist
>>
>>
>>
>> It was opening night at the Orpheum and the Amazing
>>Claude was topping the bill. People came from miles around to see
>>the famed hypnotist do his stuff.
>>
>> As Claude took to the stage, he 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 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. Its
>>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.
>>
>> "****" said the hypnotist.
>>
>> It took three weeks to clean up the theater.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> It was opening night at the Orpheum and the Amazing
>>Claude was topping the bill. People came from miles around to see
>>the famed hypnotist do his stuff.
>>
>> As Claude took to the stage, he 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 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. Its
>>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.
>>
>> "****" said the hypnotist.
>>
>> It took three weeks to clean up the theater.
>>