# Does anyone have any advice on how to not think about a thing?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 4, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-any-advice-on-how-to-not-think-about-a-thing/843001 "2019-11-04T21:17:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-any-advice-on-how-to-not-think-about-a-thing/843001/41 "2019-11-07T16:27:41Z")

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There’s a joke about a guy who got a job not thinking about chickens. He would receive $5 dollars every time he didn’t think of a chicken, and $8 if he didn’t think about a brown one in particular. He couldn’t do it and had to quit.

Good luck with your MRI. I hope some of the other suggestions pan out!

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