that old chestnut ?? - the power of positive thinking is an illusion - i have tried being positive and bad things have happened - more times than i care to remember

nah what you have to do Mitch is work on " the reverse expertise paradigm " - coupled with the" preparation outcome matrix " thingy whatsit - which will give you the totally opposite result to the one desired

to explain : you want a thunderstorm ?? - the experts say there will be one at location X - now we all know that whenever an expert predicts something the opposite happens - with me so far ??

now throw in some preparation outcome matrix - vis if we prepare for a thunderstorm it wont happen - and bingo no thunderstorm

so what you have to do to counter these effects is - "a" never listen to experts - and 'b" say it is going to be a super day and go out for a picnic

guaranteed thunderstorm

Brett - off out for a day on the beach tomorrow .

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