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!!!! |
