[Seadweller]

Apologies if this has been on before.

THE HYPNOTIST:

It was opening night at the theater 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. 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 them three weeks to clean up
the theater.