[lfjokes] Theatre Work...

[Simondo]

From: simondo <simondo at paradise.net.nz>

  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 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. 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.
 
  "Shit!" said the hypnotist.
 
  It took three weeks to clean up the theatre.