High-jinks

High-jinks and Perverse Traverse are cousins in the band of joy called life. The high in high jinks clearly means "filled with or expressing great joy or excitement." But what about the jinks? It relates to one of the oldest games of chance: dice.

'Hey-jinks' was a dice game in which one person would throw dice and have to complete a task—such as drinking all the liquor in a cup. That looks about right. And I see a strong resembles to our beloved Pope on the right.