Oops! She Hypnotized Herself...

My name is John Doe. I live with one of my best friends from high school, named Jane. Me and her are roommates. It doesn't matter that she's a girl and I'm a boy. We get along good.

She came home from her community college one day, all excited and giddy.

"John!" she said. "I finally finished my class on hypnosis!"

"I told you that hypnosis is a waste of time," I said. "It doesn't work."

"It does!" Jane said. "Let me show you!"

She pulled out a pocket watch and began to swing it in front of my face.

"Hey, hey, woah!" I yelped. "Don't swing that thing in front of me!"

"I just want to show you that hypnosis works!" Jane said. "Now...

"I’m going to count back from 10. The lower I go the more relaxed you will become and when I reach one you will be asleep.

1. embrace the warmth
2. feel it in all your joints
3. feel them becoming more relaxed and lighter
4. feel the peace, the relaxation
5. feel how happy the relaxing warmth makes you feel
6. complete peace and calm
7. your feeling so calm, so relaxed
8. feeling better and better
9. you know obeying me will feel great
10. my voice is your will. To listen is to obey..."

She snapped her fingers and suddenly, her head tilted forward and rested on her chest, her eyes closed. She was asleep, her chest heaving slightly as she breathed.

"Um, Jane?" I asked. "Are you okay?"

No response. I waved my hand in front of her face, but she stayed asleep.

"Oh, this is too funny!" I laughed. "You hypnotized yourself? I guess you were right. Hypnosis does work."

As I laughed at Jane's misfortune, I realized something. Under hypnosis, she was completely at my mercy. Not only was Jane herself a knockout, but she had dozens of single friends I had always wanted to...get to know better, let's put it that way.

But first, I had to perform a slight test to make sure she was truly hypnotized. I thought of something Jane would never do in a million years.

"Jane, when I snap my fingers, you will..."