Isolate the gene and save the world....

From the boredom of men pontificating on the weather. It doesn't matter what type of man you are. If you are one of those fix anything, handyman types, you still have the gene. If you think a crescent wrench is made by Pillsbury, you still have the gene. In short, if you have a penis you are hard wired to have an opinion on the weather. Man's need for basic knowledge of cold and warm fronts knows no bounds. The amount of real knowledge is not important.
Ask any woman who has been in a relationship with a man if her beau watches the weather channel and you will always get a yes. Usually followed with a laugh and a "What's up with that?" Unless she is with one of those men that waits till she falls asleep. And then he creeps to the TV or computer and mutes the volume, almost like he's watching porn, and drinks in the world of high and low pressure, gulf moisture, Canadian clippers and tropical depressions. It is an obsession that is better brought into the light of day. All men have it, don't be ashamed.
My ever sarcastic bride can attest to my weather knowledge and need for current information. One night several months ago I was working on some computer stuff when I looked up and the weather channel was on. I left it on and when she turned on the TV there it was. One quick glance and I said, "That's a good looking map". While she was peeing on herself laughing so hard I went on to admire the clash of a low pressure system for Canada colliding with a weakening high pressure system over the Mid-Atlantic states with moisture form the Gulf of Mexico riding in to trigger thunderstorms. In short, a good looking map. Now I don't expect women to understand the unnatural desire to talk about the weather. But do not judge to harshly. Have you ever met a woman who couldn't spout on for 10 minutes on shoes? See my point?
It is merely a default mechanism for all male conversation. Any two men who find themselves in an uncomfortable situation always default to the weather. Stuck at a children's play with an ex-husband of your current wife? "Can you believe the rain last week?" It works. Pick any tight spot you may stumble into and the weather will bail you out. Stuck in a meeting and need to get out, "Cold front is on the way and once it starts raining that traffic is crazy. I better get going. It was Will Rogers who said, "Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it." With apologies to the greatness of Will Rogers, we not only talk about it, we absolutely beat it to death. And we still don't do anything about it.

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