Re: A few to make you laugh

[Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>]

The town council had become frustrated with the total apathy of
residents.  Important issues that they actually counted on stake holder
feedback to decide were being managed without the kind of citizen
involvement they needed.

Finally one day the mayor had an idea.  He decided to have entertainment
at council meetings.  A local country band one time.  An magic show
another.  It worked.  Townspeople were coming to the meetings.  Many
were even becoming engaged in the business of running the town.

At the last meeting they invited a hypnotist to attend.  He was
introduced and said he was going to try the greatest hypnotism ever.  To
hypnotize the entire crowd.  It was met with muttered sounds of
disbelief, but he began to speak in a level toneless drone as he slowly
allowed his pocket watch to swing back and forth.  The watch was just a
distraction.  A trick to so that people would not focus on his voice.
In fact eh wouldn't have even had a watch for the act except that it was
family heirloom given to him by his father.  Tick tock... the watch
swung and his voice droned on.  It seemed that many if not most of the
crowd were succumbing to his skills when the watch chain slipped from
his fingers and slid under a podium.  "Shit!"  He exclaimed.  They are
still cleaning out meeting room.