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It was opening night at the Orpheum.
The Amazing Claude topped 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 this 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 theatre.
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The Amazing Claude topped 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 this 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 theatre.
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