Sounds like your folks would have thrived in Wonderland. Skirting along the edges, crossing all kinds of lines. Have to be quick to survive, use the smarts.
Course it was egos that got us into that mess in the first place. The Suits, the Red and the Whites. Wonderland is like a neverending game, but every now and then they change the rules, change the sport, and not even tell you.