"I hadn't realized it was that old.  Anyhow, Mike made good use of it.  His idea is that whenever you encounter any other grokking thing - he didn't say 'grokking' at this stage - any other living thing, man, woman, or stray cat... you are simply encountering your 'other end'... and the universe is just a little thing we whipped up among us the other night for our entertainment and then agreed to forget the gag.  He put it in a much more sugar-coated fashion, being extremely careful not to tread on competitors' toes."