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From: iamontheinternet
Date: Sun Mar 3, 2002 9:27pm
Subject: joke
I apologise if you think this joke is in bad
taste, but I found it whilst in my search for "the power
of suggestion"...
Simon C
THE
POWER OF SUGGESTION
A local preacher was
dissatisfied with the small amount in the collection plates
each Sunday. Someone suggested to him that perhaps he
might be able to hypnotize the congregation into giving
more. "And just how would I go about doing that?" he
asked.
"It is 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 they put 20 dollars in
the collection plate."
So the very next
Sunday, the reverend did as suggested, and lo and behold
the plates were full of 20 dollar bills.
Now,
the preacher did not want to take advantage of this
technique each and every Sunday. So therefore, 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 the watch broke and the
watch hit the lectern with a loud thud and springs and
parts flew everywhere.
"Crap!" exclaimed the
pastor.
It took them a week to clean up the
church.
