Almost Kafka-esque...

... or a scene from "Saw nnn". Doctors discover that a man was conscious and aware after thinking him to be in a coma ... errmm... for 23 years. Story here.

Think about it for a brief moment. Then think about it for 23 years.

I mean, what if you have the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? Or just want to say something seemingly insignificant. It would probably be like sitting in a perpetual traffic jam or waiting for a kettle to boil or expecting visitors or waiting for a program to load from cassette to a ZX Spectrum or something equally without quantifiable measure, or even an obvious end or meaning.

It is a different matter entirely when compared to something like a boring meeting, that you do not need to attend, dragging on beyond a sensible time so that you just know you have missed your train. I mean, what would you do for entertainment? I-Spy would soon get repetitive and almost second-nature. You could not even do Sudoku in your head because it was not a well known game 23 years ago. You would get fragged in no time in any online FPS combat game; Frogger or Pong would be more your cup of tea. There again, after 23 years you would probably want a ginger biscuit with that cuppa.

There again, there would be benefits. The time to plan that sweet revenge for that certain something in your life that has been bugging you for 23 years. Like... the faded tea stain that you remember when it was fresh that nobody has bothered to clean up... for 23 years. Lots of really important, nagging things like that. You could think about writing that book you have been thinking of doing... 23 years later and be the only person who could say that with honesty. How on earth would you catch up with your mail backlog? You would be one of a few people with an empty email account. Think of the accrued interest on any savings.

The list is endless. A bit like being an aware, sentient being, who is unable to move or communicate with anyone for 23 years. Sort of like being married or living in Rhyll.