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 theater.