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Five days and I cannot stop thinking about it. Five days and you cannot stop

talking about it. Like I'm telling you, it was one of those moments, me and

Carol Vessi. Carol Vessi!

Imagine being back in high school looking at one of those crystal balls

seeing that one day Ed Stevens would be kissing Carol Vessi. What would you have

said? Faulty ball. Exactly.

Wow. Is there an occasion?

I finished a draft of the book.

I thought a celebration was in order.

That's great.

That's really great. Congratulations.

You okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

To the book.

I don't know what they mean by this whole living like a baby thing. It took

an hour to get Sarah to go to sleep.

And that's what Ed's talking about.

Are you kidding me, Carl Bessie? Oh, yes, he is.

You both realize that after the kiss, he invited me back into her house.

I don't think we're going to go in there and play Parchees. You say play

Parchees here. No, just... Regular play parches, you know close.

You're saying you would have played parches? I'm saying we would have had

Gotcha.

Carol, I was thinking, after all the ups and downs and ins and outs we've had

over the years, there are only two things I'm sure of.

What?

Number one, I am a self -centered, self -absorbed horse's ass and probably

always will be.

Oh. Actually, I knew that one before I met you.

Oh.

Okay, and number two?

I am in love with you.

Deep. Total.

Helpless.

I love you too.

She wants me. She wants me. She wants me.

One part razzle, one part dazzle. Kaboom.

Carol, that's what she wants. Ed Stevens. Life is so funny.

Funny, funny, funny, funny, funny.

Eddie, you're not thinking clearly here.

I mean, Liz broke up with you three weeks ago. You said yourself no one can

over a seven -year marriage in three weeks.

Nancy, I do not want to think about Liz. And do you know why? Because Liz slept

with a mailman. And when my wife sleeps with a mailman, I try not to think about

it. This is just a little policy of mine.

Buddy, you know, I think maybe you're using this whole Carol Becky thing to

avoid facing your pain. All right, that's it for this episode of Dr.

Moore.

You've got patients to see tomorrow.

Night, Ed.

I guess I should probably go to my room, right?

I'm done talking here because I did not order a window with palm trees on it.

Look, I got to go. All my stuff just got here.

No, I'm saying I didn't order palm trees.

Thanks, Kenny. I didn't order palm trees because it's not appropriate for a law

office. That's why.

I am well aware it's a law office inside a bowling alley. It's a law office

nonetheless, my friend. That's right. That's right. And I did not order palm

trees. I didn't know.

Is this about a sign?

Oh.

Yeah.

So what I'm thinking is Stucky Ball.

Big blue letters down by the pins right across the lanes.

$1 ,500.

What? What? Oh, no, Dr. Burton, please.

Come on. I'm a local. How about $300?

Well, let's see.

How about $1 ,500?

That's crazy.

Not you. No.

Uh, that can't stay there. Yeah, that's all gotta go. Hey, take a look at this

catalog, man. They got everything we need for the snack bar. Hey, what do you

think of these bad boys?

Phil, those are salt and pepper shakers, okay? Salt and pepper shakers, by

definition, cannot be bad boys. Yeah, Mike, look, we need to go into town

exactly 1130 to get coffee. Hey, do you like the Colonial or the Empress?

Because I'm really torn.

Because I need to run into Carol Vesey accidentally.

OG 54073, bingo, the Imperial.

Ed, Ed, Ed, the Imperial.

Phil, you know what? You know what? You go ahead. You pick the salt and pepper

shakers, okay?

Pick the napkin holders, pick the ketchup dispensers, knock yourself out,

man, okay? Yeah, Mike, 11 .30. Don't be late. Man, you continue to impress me.

You're not afraid to delegate. So you want that Stucky Bowl sign or what? Not

for $1 ,500.

I bet Shirley'd do it for free.

Shirley?

She's very talented. You know that big Stuckyville Motors pelican sign? Yeah.

She designed a pelican.

She... Oh, Shirley?

She... Shirley!

No, uh, Shirley, no.

I just want to ask you... You know that Stuckyville Motors pelican sign?

She designed a pelican.

Okay, Kenny?

You just kind of said that.

Hi,

Linda. Hi, Mrs. Burton.

Mom's here.

Mom's here.

Hi.

I had a little break from the office, and I just wanted to see how my little

munchkin was doing.

Hello, it's Sarah. It's Mommy.

She's doing just great.

Aren't you? I was just worried that she might be having a hard time adjusting to

me going back to work, you know.

No, not at all.

She's a happy, happy baby.

Yes, you are.

Good. That's great.

Yeah.

Stucky ball?

Yeah, I'm taking big blue letters down by the pins.

I love this Tuckerville Motor Pelican sign.

You know the owner, Dick Knight? Sold me my first car. He's got a prosthetic

chin.

Is that right?

I'll do it.

Okay, great.

Welcome to the wonderful world of poshability.

Look at that. A gold coin in your ear. My God.

Stuckyville Stan. I don't believe this.

The one and only.

And I need a lawyer.

I don't believe this. When I was a kid, my friends and I thought you were a god.

You performed at my 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th birthday parties. June 20th.

26th. Oh.

Well, I... Oh.

Sorry about that. I'm still getting set up here.

Goodbye, Mr.

Spatula!

You're still amazing.

You're amazing.

Remember that trick with the dancing turkey?

Oh, yeah. I still stay up nights trying to figure out how you did that. Yeah.

First time I did that was on a telethon with Chuck Connors.

The rifleman? Yeah.

That guy got more tail than Eddie Fisher.

Is that right?

Whoa! Wait up!

Oh, it sounds romantic.

Well, it was romantic.

Nick always knows just what to say.

He's a writer for God's sake.

I mean, it's like every time I start to drift away emotionally, he senses it,

and he reels me back in. And then things get lousy again, and I drift, and then

he reels me back in.

I'm going to sue for emotional whiplash. I know a good lawyer.

Okay, don't start with that again. Come on, Carol, you kissed the man.

I mean, I know you. You don't kiss a guy for no reason. I explained this to you,

Molly. It was a moment. A moment.

Yes, I was feeling vulnerable about Nick. He was feeling vulnerable about

wife. We looked into each other's eyes and it just, it happened.

And then you invited him into your house.

Well, yeah, it was part of the same moment, but a long moment.

Yes, it was an extended moment. Okay, and what about when you kissed him two

weeks ago and he bought a bowling alley?

Actually, that was also a moment.

I see.

Here's the problem.

Stuckyville's Dan revealed.

He's showing the kids how my tricks are done.

What about that whole brotherhood of magicians where no one ever reveals the

secrets? Tell me about it.

Huzzah!

Whoa.

Is that your card?

I didn't pick a card.

Honey, it's okay. Mommy's coming.

Oh, honey.

Sweetie. Sweetie.

No, no, no. It's okay.

Sweetie. She's a big girl.

Honey, it's fine. Don't cry.

Are you okay?

Oh, yeah. She's fine. She's fine. It's okay.

It's okay.

Shh, shh, shh. All my bugs...

different things I can claim. Unfair competition, violation of trade secrets,

theft of intellectual property.

But to be honest with you, it's going to be pretty hard for us to win. I've been

doing this act for 53 years.

I'll see what I can do.

Look at you lawyering it up. Oh, you're late.

Oh, my God. Do you know who this is?

Stuckyville Stead. Oh, my God. This is a great pleasure, sir. This is great to

me. Hey, what have you got in your ear? That's ridiculous.

A spatula.

Stuckyville Stead just pulled a spatula out of my ear.

This is the same time I ran into her getting coffee last week.

You know why there's a word for this? It's called docking. I think we might

missed it.

I'll give it a few more minutes.

Hey, ten bucks if you give me out loud enough to make that old guy turn around.

Hey, Carol.

Molly. Carol. How you doing?

Good. Really, really good.

Good.

You? Yeah, good.

Good. Okay, I know. I'm good.

Mike, for the love of God, are you good, too? Sure, I'm good. Well, what a

relief. We're all good.

Yeah, listen, I'm enlisting friends to come over to the bowling alley tomorrow

night to hang out and help them paint the place.

That, too.

Yeah, it might be fun if you guys want to come over.

You're also invited to the grand reopening of Stucky Bowl on Friday.

Hey, babe.

And, um, Ed Stevens, I think you know Nick Stanton. Hi, Mrs. Nick.

How you doing? Good.

Um, Ed just moved back into town. I believe he used to be one of your high

school students. Yeah, I had you for sophomore English.

Yeah, me too. I was, uh, I was in your class. You were the coolest teacher,

I'm sorry, I don't remember you guys.

I just remember the pretty girls.

Um,

we really should get going. Beth, I think we should.

Wait, you're that bowling alley lawyer, right?

People have been talking about that.

Actually, I'm a lawyer, and I bought a bowling alley.

Two separate ones. This is fascinating.

I'm thinking about writing about a lawyer. What makes a lawyer decide to

bowling alley?

Well, I... needed a change.

Pretty big change.

Yeah. Yeah.

To be honest with you, there was one other pretty big factor involved in my

decision. Okay, you know, I've got to get back to my class now, honey. Hold on

sec, babe. This is research.

So what was that big factor that made a lawyer buy a bowling alley?

You really want to know? I really do. Yeah.

Well, this might sound strange, but since you asked, I will go ahead and

you.

My wife slept with a mailman.

So you bought a bowling alley?

I'm a complicated man.

Shirley.

I finished the S.

Oh. Okay.

Great.

Do you want me to come see it?

Okay. Okay.

I want you to experience the S all at once.

Okay. Shirley, this is great. This is better than great. It's perfect.

It's perfect.

Are you hitting on me?

What? No, of course not.

Because this is how it started with Dick Knight.

So, Mike, I'm thinking about Carol Vesey today, and I came up with a theory on

women. Hit me it. You know what women are?

What's that? Fancy men.

Women are just fancy men, you know what I mean?

You start with a man, add a bunch of interesting bells and whistles, you got

woman. That's exactly what they teach you in medical school.

Hey, Nance. Hey. Hey.

You know, I was just thinking, we are so lucky to have that Kendra as a nanny.

She is great.

She's sweet, and she's bright, and she loves Sarah.

I mean, so many people have such nightmare stories about their nannies,

were so, so lucky.

Honey, what's the matter with Kendra?

Mike, you're not listening to me. I'm saying that she's great. I think we're

really lucky to have her.

I do.

Nancy, you and I have known each other since we were 12. We've been dating

we were 17.

Do I need to continue?

Okay.

I think that Sarah likes the nanny more than she likes me. Well, hell, honey, I

like the nanny more than I like you. She's kind of hot. Mike, I'm serious.

You know, I'm off at work all day, and meanwhile, Kendra's here, and she's just

smiling, and she's laughing, and she's singing her brains out.

I mean, honey, if I were Sarah, I'd like the nanny more than me, too.

It's really upsetting.

Come here.

Sarah does not like Kendra more than you.

That baby adores you.

You're the world's best mom.

You're the world's best wife.

I don't know.

I'm so speedy.

Okay.

I'm going to go eat a cookie.

You know, so you can do it.

You want to have sex? Yep. It's not a leap year, is it?

Oh, that was... Funny for you to say.

Milky!

Milky!

Milky news!

Right? Right.

Wrong. I love that one.

Now I'll ruin it forever.

See, the milk stays in.

That's what that masked moron is doing to me.

It's okay. I'm going to try and make him stop by claiming that your tricks are

what's called your intellectual property.

Will that work?

Well, I don't know. See, the problem is you don't actually own your tricks. No

magician owns their tricks.

In the old days, we would have settled things like this with a baseball bat and

a sock full of quarters.

So you're pouring salt on my floor?

Yeah, check out the flow.

Hey,

there's a girl out there for you.

A girl?

Who? I didn't catch her name.

Molly! You end up with a small talk, loser.

I'm here to paint. You brought your own roller, I see. Very impressive.

And I got you a little bowling alley warming gift.

Oh, Molly.

Yeah, a tiny bowling ball. Yeah, I think it's for the bowling alley executive.

Talk about your niche market.

I love it. Thank you, Mom. More free help has just arrived.

Only here for the beer.

Let's paint. Hey.

Wanda

Let's go outside.

Ed, we need some rules.

Rules? Yes, rules.

Okay. I have a boyfriend.

That's not a rule. That's a declarative sentence. Okay, I am serious. That

little stunt that you pulled today outside the coffee shop is not... No,

Your boyfriend is trying to reduce my life to some kind of research project.

you were the one who decided not to come into my house, so...

Notice we're starting to jump around here a little bit. I've been going out

Nick Stanton for seven years.

Still jumping. What do you expect me to do? May I tell you what I think? Please.

Okay. Girl goes out with boy a long time.

Girl not totally happy with boy. Girl tries to convince herself she's happy

boy. New boy comes.

Girl decides... You know what?

It's kind of hard to keep talking like this. What I'm trying to say, Carol, is

that I think that you... No, I think I understand what you're trying to say.

Ever since you swaggered into town and turned my whole life upside down, I

possibly continue going out with Nick Stanton because of your incredible

Is that true?

Oh, my God. No.

No.

Oh.

Oh.

Carol.

That was me on your doorstep the other night.

I was there.

That wasn't just a kiss.

You know it.

I know it.

That was a moment.

You bet it was.

Oh, my God, it's Stuckyville Stan.

Stuckyville Stan, I had such a huge crush on you when I was little. You

have a crush on me, young lady.

You had a crush on the wonderful world of possibility.

About court tomorrow, what shall I wear?

You're Stuckyville Stan, dressed like Stuckyville Stan.

Oh, you know, I used to write about you nonstop in my diary, including the time

you missed my ninth birthday and left me brokenhearted.

That's weird. You know, you missed my ninth birthday, too.

Was that in 78?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah? Six months at Oakdale.

Fell a little too in love with my back medication.

Yeah.

Catch the movie!

Ha ha! I got you.

He did.

For two EJB.

Sir.

You're going to have to take off that mask.

I cannot, Your Honor.

Why not?

For fear of revealing my true identity.

I've got your name right here on the docket, Howard Pitchell.

Now take off the mask.

Thank you.

You're welcome, Your Honor.

Now, before we begin, I'd like to say what a thrill it is to have Stuckerville

stand here in my courtroom.

It's magical to be here, Your Honor.

Mr. Pistle, before you started doing Stuckyville Stand Revealed, did you work

a regular magician at kids' parties?

Yes, sir, I did.

And were you successful?

I did all right.

All right. Really? Interesting. Because I subpoenaed your office records, and I

found out you'd only worked twice in six months.

Uh, well, yeah, but at one point I had mono.

Mr. Pistle, when you go to bed at night, do you have a feeling way down deep

inside that stealing Stuckyville Stand's tricks and revealing how they're done

is wrong?

Objection!

Whether it's right or wrong is not relevant.

Not relevant.

Not relevant. Whether it's right or wrong is not relevant. Why'd they put up

this big building with all the old paneling?

I'll allow it.

Thank you.

Pistol? No, sir. I do not think there's anything wrong with what I'm doing.

Nothing at all? Nothing at all.

I see.

Then why in the world do you wear a mask?

It's stylish.

Thank you.

Uh, you work here?

I'm looking for Mr.

Chartremond. I'm the owner, actually, but I don't know anyone by that name. I

Monsieur Chartremond.

I thought your last name was Stubbs. It is, but the French thing gives me a

business edge. It keeps him confused.

right this way.

Okay. Ed.

Hi.

Shirley.

We're out of paint.

Well, that's okay.

We'll just get some more.

Okay. Okay.

I have a very strange staff.

Sarah loves you, honey.

Congratulations, Bert.

In a world of survival of the fittest, you have survived.

I'm buying from you, and I am ready to talk the P word.

Price.

My name's not Bert.

I've written a number down on this piece of paper.

I want you to look at that number. I don't want you to say anything about the

number. I don't want you to react to the number.

I just want you to digest the number.

17.

What does that even mean?

Shh. Say nothing.

Don't react.

Hiya, kids.

Welcome to the wonderful world of possibility.

Now, follow my hand.

As I reach into the hat. What is this I see?

Oh, is that a bunny rabbit?

I can't believe my eyes.

That hat is a false bottom.

You suck.

Okay,

Ed, Ed, you cannot let this go on anymore. I mean, Stuckyville stands

an institution in this town. I know.

We're bombing, Stanley.

Maybe that's it.

What?

Stuckyville stands in doing the same act for 53 years.

That's winter shot.

You're horrible!

You're not magic!

That's enough.

Stucky, though, Stan, before Mr. Pistol started revealing your tricks, had your

act ever gone over so poorly?

Never. It was a nightmare.

A Norwegian kid hit me in the head with a pop -tart.

How long have you owned all of this?

Objection! Assuming facts, not an evidence.

The court has already determined that Stuckyville Stan owns no copyright on

of his tricks.

That's true, Mr. Stevens. You'll have to rephrase the question so that it

doesn't assume that Stuckyville Stan owns his tricks.

I'm terribly sorry if I was unclear.

I wasn't asking him about owning his tricks. No magician owns their tricks.

What I asked him was how long he'd owned all of this. Meaning the cape, the

music, the phrase, welcome to the world of possibility. I'm asking him how long

he's owned his act. I object to that assumption, too.

It has never been determined that he owns the copyrights on his act, either.

Your Honor, Stuckyville Stan has been doing the same act for 53 years. He

created it. He is synonymous with his act.

Copyright or no copyright, I contend that he owns it, and furthermore, that

qualifies as his intellectual property.

Objection again.

How do I know that Stuckyville Stan has been performing the same act for the

past 53 years?

Mr. Stevens is making bold, unproven statements.

He is not asking questions.

Your Honor, I promise, if he ever stops talking, I'll ask questions.

You stop talking.

You ask questions.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Let's begin with the one person who should know.

Stuckyville Stan is the act that we have just seen on today's videotape, more or

less the same act that you created and have been doing for the last 53 years.

sure is.

Thank you.

Now, 53 years is a long time ago, isn't it? It is. Believe me, I remember.

Are you a football fan?

Yes, I am.

Who won the Super Bowl last year?

I always have trouble with that one, too.

Nothing further at this time, Your Honor.

Hey, girl, how you doing? Hello, Ed.

Are we fighting?

I'm not sure we might be.

That's a bummer. Listen, can I ask you a question? Do you still have that diary?

What diary?

The other night you said you wrote about Stuckyville Stan in a diary, a

childhood diary. You still have that?

Yeah, sure, somewhere. Why?

You think I could borrow it? I think it might help.

Well, if it'll help, of course.

Excellent. Listen, I'll see you tonight, 8 o 'clock at the bowling alley. To

prepare. To prepare what?

Your testimony.

I'm putting you on the stand.

What?

Welcome to the law offices of Stevens, Stevens, and Stevens.

I'm Stevens.

So this is it, the nerve center.

Yeah, pardon the mess.

Lovely parting gifts for my marriage.

Oh, the spatula.

It's funny, I was going through a bunch of my stuff the other day, you know,

like old pictures of me and Liz, wedding gifts, that kind of stuff. Nothing got

to me, nothing.

And then I came upon this spatula and...

It's funny, the whole thing is a spatula.

You know, you believe that?

Is it, um, is it special?

No, well, um... When Liz and I were married, we moved into this tiny,

tiny apartment, and the first morning that we woke up, you know, sleeping on

floor, boxes everywhere, and I went to the corner store, and I bought this

spatula.

And I came home, and I made her scrambled eggs.

The, uh, the diary.

I have it right here.

May I see it? Well, no. You see, Ed, because it's my diary.

Yeah, from when you were, what, eight?

You will note that I have marked the passages pertaining to Stuckyville

and you may see those.

Okay. And only those.

Okay.

Quite a lot of detail, such a little kid.

What's this?

C .V. loves B .V.

You turn the page. You cannot turn the page. I just want to know who B .V. is.

.V.

just so happens to have been the object of a typical schoolgirl crush, as he was

for many girls my age.

So,

B .V. is somebody famous?

I'm not going to tell you, so you may as well give it up. Oh, come on. No.

Please? No. Please? No. Come on.

No. I promise I won't laugh. No. Please?

And this kind of thing will drive me crazy.

Well, that won't be a very long drive for you.

Boris Becker.

Boris Becker.

Who's a good girl? Who's a good little girl?

You love Mommy, don't you, Sarah?

Of course you do.

Of course you do.

ready to go outside your

door

Miss Bessie, did my client ever perform for you?

Yes, he did. He performed at my 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th birthday parties. We

loved Stuckyville Stan.

And what's his act of fame each year?

Oh, yes. We all knew it by heart. He always started by saying, Welcome to the

world of possibility.

And then he ended with the dancing turkey trick. Your Honor, I would like

submit into evidence Miss Bessie's 1979 childhood diary, which describes each of

Stuckyville Stan's performances in great detail.

Objection.

A child's diary is totally unreliable.

Overruled. Let me see it.

If you look at the marked portions, you'll see that the act he performed,

including the types of tricks and the order the tricks were performed in, was

the same each year. Moreover, the act described in Miss Bessie's diary is the

same as the one seen in yesterday's videotape.

Thank you, Miss Bessie.

Ashley.

No.

One more thing.

Miss Bessie, in your diary, the initials B .V. appear.

Could you tell the court what these initials stand for?

Miss Bessie.

Objection. You can't object, young lady. That's his job.

Miss Bessie.

I'm sorry, Miss Bessie. Cannot hear you.

Ben Vereen.

Ben.

You're kidding me.

I'm sorry.

What did you do? We do not need this many salt and pepper shakers. I bought

bulk, and I got a hell of a price.

Phil, this is ridiculous.

Phil, listen to me.

A hundred sets in a stack that size, and we do not need that many salt and...

Oh, my God.

Phil, how many sets of salt and pepper shakes did you buy? 5 ,000.

We do not need that many sets of salt and pepper shakers. Oh, no, but we do,

man. People are going to be taking these things left and right as keepsakes.

Hey, you don't think the guys who run Caesar's Palace know that when people

check out, they're scarfing up an ashtray or two? They're budgeted for

Phil, listen to me. I'm going to court now, and when I come back, there better

not be an unreasonable amount of salt and pepper shakers, okay?

Phil,

that can hold us.

That's it right there.

A dancing turtle. I object to all of this.

Now, what possible point can Mr. Stevens hope to prove by wasting the court's

time with a magic show?

Your Honor, the first time I saw Stuckyville Stan do the dancing turkey

was six.

And now, after all these years, I finally figured out how he does it.

like to know how?

I'll tell you how.

He does it by taking us into the world of possibility where, as it turns out,

turkeys can dance.

Mr. Pistolsack seeks to destroy that world, and I'm here to protect it

without the world of possibility, what do we have left?

You know what?

I concede that Stuckyville Stan takes us into this world of possibilities.

It's irrelevant.

Now, can we move on?

Bring on the dancing turkey.

do this trick, I will need an assistant.

Ed, do you mind?

Yes.

You have to wear this cape. You have to look the part.

Welcome to the wonderful world of

possibilities.

In your world, a turkey is a turkey.

But in the world of possibilities, a turkey can rise up.

And dance.

Rise up and dance.

Dance.

Dance.

Dance, turkey, dance.

Rise up and dance.

Dance! Rise up and dance!

Dance, turkey!

Dance! Dance for Stan!

Dance! Dance for Stan!

In two seconds, raise up your hands.

Two, one, dance!

Thank you.

That doesn't really matter here.

Mr. Stephen, your quest to protect the world of possibility is quite moving,

it has nothing to do with the law.

So let's get to the law.

This case comes down to one question.

Can Stuckyville Stan own his act without owning the tricks in his act?

Based on the evidence that shows that he's been performing the same act for

50 years, I believe the answer is yes.

Therefore... The court orders Mr. Pistol to discontinue all operations

pertaining to Stuckyville Stand revealed immediately.

Here you go, my man. Have a good game.

Here's your sports car.

Take it easy.

I reject the world of possibility.

I must detect it. I beseech you.

My name is Ed Stevens, and I love dancing turtles.

Kenny.

Kenny. Why do you keep doing that, cracking everybody up?

All right.

You look marvelous.

And you know, darling, it's much better to look good than to feel good.

Now.

That's good.

You know, Molly, things never work out the way you plan them.

Oh, I wouldn't know. I live a charmed life.

I honestly don't even know what I'm upset about.

Well, I think you're upset because things never work out the way you plan

Couldn't have said it better myself.

You know what? Let's try this one on the first night.

When you came back to Stuckyville for Carol Bessie, you didn't plan that she'd

be in love with your old English teacher.

And after you were amazing in court, you didn't plan that Carol Bessie would

still be in love with your old English teacher.

When you bought that spatula for your wife, you didn't plan that seven years

later you'd be sitting here using it to hit tiny bowling ball.

But that's what we humans do, Ed. You know, we plan it all out and then...

Life just does whatever it wants.

Yeah.

Makes you wonder why we bother to plan it out in the first place.

I think we do it to help us navigate the world of possibility.

Either that or it's a really effective way to kill time.