52 Jokers Wild

Garvin exclaims to anyone that will listen "I Am Not A Number!", However if he was one it would be Forty Two, at the point of saying this he was actually Fifty Two, so he really just wants to be ten years younger sure who wouldn't want that!

Garvin has become very naughty and saucy all of a sudden, he wants George to call him "Captain", Captain Kirk to be more precise, George tells him in no uncertain terms to go grow a pair, Garvin takes out his mobile, calls the wife and asks if she could rummage in her handbag and possibly give him his Liathroidi back.

Garvin is fed up listening to himself, there seems to be a gaggle of monkeys chin-wagging in his mind, he could swear they are asking him to throw bananas at them, he decides to open the cage and kick them out with or without permission as he has a 500 lb Gorilla that wants a new home.

George wonders if the universe is conscious, Garvin can't even understand the question, Scientists want to measure or quantify the Here, the There and Everywhere else for that matter. That includes the Table which seems to be comprised of stars and isn't particularly happy with its current lot in life, as it would rather identify as a cat albeit not one locked in the box currently on this table which is being observed by a curious Mister Schrödinger who is getting a little perplexed with the barking noises now coming from the box.

George! Could you tell the universe to shut that door, we are trying our damnest to record in here. It ignores them both and cuts the internet off, so much for their well-laid plans, sometimes you just got to wing it. George mentions every time he puts something down it seems to disappear into an alternate reality but then materialises again before he can say poltergeist. There's definitely something up with the framework. Without Ying where would Yang be, probably turning on and off the proverbial light switch, it seems it doesn't elicit the same level of awe and wonder it used to, better get the 5G Fibre in if we are to get any response from the kids these days. Who would have known the Adam and Eve had an expiration date that would ultimately lead to the invention of commercialism. Now everybody has to pay the price, even the Ferry Man needs a bribe and he now takes bitcoin. Garvin is writing it into his will that there shall be dancing and merriment going forth, it shall include the making of a boutique batch of craft cider which is to be named after him, "Past Expiry" no doubt. Wondering where we go when we are dead, he has posted "No Loitering" notices all around his house to ensure a good night's sleep for the living. Anyone looking in the window might spot him wandering the corridors making strange noises like some deranged. The lads have stopped trying to dig themselves out of a hole, so just climbed out and decided to build a swimming pool, they are going to Defrag themselves and reboot it seems like the more logical choice than turning it on and off again. They are off to make friends and influence both people and aliens alike, they are getting their ones and zeros lined up to make sense for the ultimate upload to the cloud, they are On (One) at the minute and until they are Off (Zero), it's improbable that you will get a straight answer out of them other than "It is Good to be On."

Garvin is fed up being a Bull Shit Artist, it's time to be the Real Deal but he is unsure of how to find his rightful tribe. He has a chat with his daughter about what she is planning to do in college, she is going to flip a coin between theoretical physics and acting, sure what's the difference in the grand scheme. George points out that The Problem with Uncertainty is that it is unknown, so you can't know what you don't know and that's for certain. It's far too early for anyone to be making life plans, we all need to explore the potentialities more. Garvin takes out his Pocket Book which exclaims to have all the answers for anyone willing to spend an hour reading it, he says he is three days in and all he has are more questions. What the heck he decides to look up Google maps, however, it seems to be having problems of its own finding the Universal Field. George says he is here not there, the system doesn't understand that he is an expert and it's not for him to educate it so. The Matrix requires that we give it our energy if our lives are to be meaningful but he is not certain of the current value on offer. Garvin is quoting Cameron and Chopra dished up in a Glorified Rant all the while professing we need to be Still, Be Quiet to truly know and be successful, George wants to know what he needs to do Now not at some future uncertain date. He asks Garvin what will make him happy? What does he actually want? I DONT KNOW! I DONT KNOW! are the only answers he knows with certainty. They both agree they need to Tune Out to Tune In, they get very spiritual realising we are just children in the universe playing with dangerous toys and we don't know where our parents are? But if we stop crying long enough and Listen past the Birds and Bees, we might hear a faint whisper from the Universe reminding us to clean up after ourselves and make sure to rewind the clocks, they keep stopping for some reason. When the Ego is Zero the Spirit is One, so says the Punk with 3.2 Kids and 1.4 Cars...

Garvin is trying to find his voice, he is not sure where he put it for the last thirty years, it is amazing what you can misplace when you're not paying attention to your surroundings. The last time he remembers having it was when he was looking down on people, from a height that is, while waiting to listen to himself talk, it was taking too long so he decided to have a conversation with himself in his mind and here we are now trying to find it again. George's child artist wants to get out, we didn't even know he was inside, it's screaming at him that "it's never too late to try new things!" , The Jokers look at their respective watches and realise it's half past fifty-two and there's no time to waste, the time is still now and it won't be that again anytime soon. Garvin shouts out "Stop Talking you yourself" and Let the Real You Out!, a Six Foot Six Avatar Pops into Existence holding a mirror exclaiming that's not me!! Well, Who is it then? The Jokers agree they need to visualise the Successful You, The Real You, not the toned down diluted version of what others expect. Systems need to be put in place so as long as no one died, you get back on the horse. Survive? Survive? No - Garvin starts shouting "Thrive! Thrive!!" , George asks "Drive" Drive Where? There's a pair of wolves that George is feeding, Garvin just wants to feed himself he is hungry for change, he is positive that its time to act. He starts mumbling something about ATOM's and gets schooled on the correct composition as opposed to his half-arsed notion. The point is to value yourself, build relationships, give willingly, and not be a taker but a little acknowledgment would be nice. Garvin is yodeling out to the universe that he wants something now that he was previously afraid to ask for, he is saying he wants "The Sale", the universe wasn't listening and turns its other ear all the while pretending not to hear him...

Listen. Garvin just read another self-help book, God help us all, we are going to have to listen to him make a dog's dinner of it, he needs all the help he can put his hands on and quick, he is running out of Now's and he still hasn't figured anything out yet.

Past and Future Time in the Present. You can ask "What Time Is It?" all you like but don't expect a straight answer anytime soon from this pair of nitwits. The "Time is Now" and that's all that matters in the grand scheme of things. Depending on how your feeling it might speed up or slow down, but that's just your perception and no one else cares as they have their own problems trying to get a straight answer from the cosmos, who is not bothered explaining itself to them as it's all a matter of relativity.

The Jokers tackle some of their innermost fears, "What can go wrong will go wrong", What the heck they go one better and invite it to go wrong. Universe Bring it On! why sweat a future something that hasn't happened and statistically never will. Easy to Say not so easy to do for the Eternal Pessimistic Optimists among us. Hitch a ride with a Bear with a positive attitude going on a journey of self-fulfillment, Kidnapping, Drinking, and Driving with a penchant for buying lottery tickets. Realising Money can't buy Time, they set their sights on happiness even though they are unsure what it looks like, they buy a ticket in the lottery that is the Game of life and are now in with a chance of winning. In Order to Gain, they need to journey through the Pain of Push Back and Fear of the Unknown even worse the Fear of actually getting what they want, and the new set of problems that entails the caveat being "Careful What You Wish For". Their Fear Gambit ranges from PC Hacking, Technophobia, and potentially Rejection of being unloved by an as of yet unknown audience. They just want a simple life to be happy in their own skin or if needs be a Bear Skin Rug. The Fear of not doing something is now starting to outweigh the fear of doing it, they are no longer afraid to step out of the shadows and into the light. They are happy to talk proverbial shite to each other, the universe can listen in if it likes.