A local preacher was dissatisfied with the small amount in the collection plate each Sunday. Someone suggested to him that perhaps he might be able to hypnotize the congregation into giving more.

"And how would I go about doing that?" he asked.

"It's very simple. First you turn up the air conditioner so that the auditorium is warmer than usual. Then you preach in a monotone. Meanwhile, you dangle a watch on a chain and swing it in a slow arc above the lectern and suggest that they put twenty dollars in the collection plate".

So, the very next Sunday, the reverend did as suggested and, low and behold, the plates were full of twenty dollar notes.

Now, the preacher did not want to take advantage of this technique each and every Sunday. So he waited for a couple of weeks and then tried his mass hypnosis again.

Just as the last of the congregation was becoming mesmerized, the chain on his watch broke and the watch hit the lectern with a loud thud and springs and parts flew everywhere.

"$^!#!!" exclaimed the pastor.

It to them a week to clean up the church.

Rick.

:devious::devious:

Rick, You are a one-man yuks festival. Keep your knickers up. Mike