When a trick went wrong, an amateur magician accidentally turned his wife into a couch and his two children into armchairs. He tried everything he knew to reverse the trick but when all attempts failed, he took them to a hospital.

He paced up and down in casualty for hours until finally a junior doctor came out to see him.

“My wife is a couch and my two children are armchairs,” said the magician. “I need to know how they’re doing.”

The doctor glanced at his notes and said, “They’re comfortable.”