Which leads us to an Alan Watts (Google him) lecture I once heard via audio. The story in question is: if everyone is allowed one question to ask God, what question are you going to ask?

Anything goes – you may ask whatever you want to. What are you going to ask?

Alan Watts points out that most people would dither, going over one question after another in their head without being able to settle on any particular one. Who am I? No, that sounds infantile. Why am I here? That too sounds stupid. Why do you arrange the stars that way? That doesn't sound very intelligent, either. You've only one question to ask and you're not going to waste it with that one, are you?

You've got the gist: Anything goes and yet no-one knows where to start.

It's easy for me, by the way. If I were to ask God a question, I would not hesitate one moment. I am an atheist, you know, and I'd blurt: "Heavens, is it you?"

Kidding aside, here's Ella Fitzgerald singing "Anything goes" by Cole Porter:

...

In olden days a glimpse of stocking

Was looked on as something shocking,

But now, God knows,

Anything Goes.

Good authors too who once knew better words,

Now only use four letter words

Writing prose,

Anything Goes.

If driving fast cars you like

If low bars you like

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