ANOTHER VISIT TO THE HYPNOTIST

So.... Dickidoo and I joined a bunch of friends at Looneys for the late showing of Jac Rene, the hypnotist.  You may recall we went to see him perform last year and Dickidoo attempted to be hypnotized, but being the control-type-freak that he is, he was unable to relax enough to go completely under.

This time he did not volunteer to go on stage, but chose instead to do the relaxation exercize right there in his seat beside me.  I sat quietly munching on my french fries as the hypnotist gave his instructions with that very soothing voice of his.  I guess Dickidoo was really getting into it because his breathing got slower and deeper, and his head was hanging lower with each passing moment.  The hypnotist even came over and had me move the bowl of fries from in front of him just in case he did go under.  But I guess the sound of the moving fries jolted him back to the present as his instincts to protect his food responded.  The moment was lost. 

Or so I thought, until the hypnotist began the fun part of the show and started messing with the participants' minds.  He turned on a fan, got a spray bottle of water and began spraying the folks on the stage with water as the sound effects of a storm played overhead.  Lights flashed and his voice described a raging storm.  Beside me Dickidoo chewed on his fries, pausing to rub his arms now and again.   I wasn't sure I was seeing what I thought I saw so I turned to watch him.  He laughed at the folks shivering on the stage, but all the while he was shivering himself.  I mean, he was rubbing his arms with his hands and his teeth were chattering!  It was halarious!

Throughout the show there were little indications that Dickidoo was in fact hypnotized to a slight degree.  He would yawn uncontrollably when the participants were instructed to 'sleep'.  He was very succeptible to suggestion by the hypnotist.  And he kept smacking me with his leg as he shook it almost nervously and yet unconciously.  He was acting like a kid with way too much sugar in his system, he was that hyper!  Maybe it was the Jack he was drinking, but I believe it was more like theJac hewas listening to!  Of course he denies it and says he was just putting on an act himself, but I don't think so.  Next time I'm making him go up on stage, that could really be fun, at least for me!