It was opening night...

It was opening night at the theatre and the Amazing Marcel was topping the bill. People came from miles around to see the famed hypnotist do his stuff.

As the Amazing Marcel 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 the Amazing Marcel withdrew a beautiful pocket watch from his coat.

"I want you each to keep your eye on this watch. It's a very special watch. It has been in my family for 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, 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.