I admit that I'm not very good at
small talk . When I'm with friends, I can just
shoot the breeze all day long. But when I talk to a stranger or someone I don't know very well, I'm always
casting about, searching for something to talk about. Politics and religion are definitely
taboo subjects, at least here in the United States. But you have to
chat about something, otherwise there are these uncomfortable silences. So we
end up talking about‚
what else?‚ the weather. This usually begins with something like, "So,
nice weather we've been having!" or "It sure is a
warm one out there today." Of course, we have to comment on the temperature. My favorite is, "It's not the heat that's so bad, it's the
humidity!" Actually, I think that's true‚I hate it most when it's
muggy outside. Back in my home state of Minnesota, everyone is obsessed with the
weather report! Every TV station has it's own
meteorologist with a
high- tech radar giving you the 5 day
forecast. They tell you when the temperature is
rising or
falling , what kind of clouds are
moving in, and how cold the
wind chill is. My favorite quote about the weather comes from Mark Twain, who once said, that everybody talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it! Script by Dr. Jeff McQuillan
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